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The Committee notes with satisfaction the measures adopted recently by the Government as a result of which:

(1)   underemployment is measured in the manner defined by the 1998 International Conference of Labour Statisticians (Article 7);

(2)   the resolutions of the 2003 International Conference of Labour Statisticians are given full effect by Statistics New Zealand (Article 12); and

(3)   the provisions of the resolution adopted by the 2003 Conference have been followed in designing the concepts, definitions and methodology used in the collection, compilation and publication of household income and expenditure statistics (other than for the coverage of goods and services received as income in kind or produced for barter or own consumption, free subsidized goods and services provided by employers, housing services provided by owner-occupied dwellings and income taxation payments).