68. While labour market outcomes for Māori improved slightly over 2015, the Māori unemployment rate (12.6%) at September 2015 was more than double the national rate (6%) and has increased by 1% since 2009. Labour market participation was also slightly lower (at 66.6%, compared to the national rate of 68.6%).50 69. The rate of Māori young people not engaged in employment, education or training (“NEET”), while lessening slightly in recent years, is also higher than that of other ethnic groups. As at September 2015, the NEET rate for Māori was around double that of Europeans and the national average (20.8% for Māori; 9.4% for Europeans; 11.4% for other ethnic groups).51 70. The labour market participation rate for Pacific peoples in 2015 was 63.2 % (up 0.5% from the previous year). Fewer Pacific people were NEET, 16.5% (down from 18% the previous year). The Pacific unemployment rate also dropped. However, it remained twice as high as the national rate at 12.1%.52 71. Data from the Disability Survey 201353 showed that only half of disabled adults participated in the labour force, compared to three-quarters of non-disabled adults. Disabled people in the labour force are also considerably more likely to be unemployed. In 2013 disabled people had an unemployment rate of 9%, compared with 5 %for non-disabled people.54 The rate of unemployment for disabled people was also recorded as 9% in the 2001 Disability Survey, showing the situation has not improved in recent years. 72. A recent Westpac online survey showed that LGBTI workers were twice as likely to experience bias in the workplace and 27% experienced discrimination at work due to their sexual identity.55 Statistics NZ, (November, 2015), Māori in the Labour Market – September 2015. Available at: http://www.mbie.govt.nz/info-services/employment-skills/labour-market-reports/Māori-labour-market/Māorisep-2015. Statistics NZ, (November, 2015), Labour Market Statistics – September 2015, available at: http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/income-and-work/employment_and_unemployment/labour-marketstatistics-information-releases.aspx. 50 Statistics NZ, (November, 2015), Māori in the Labour Market – September 2015. Available at: http://www.mbie.govt.nz/info-services/employment-skills/labour-market-reports/Māori-labour-market/Māorisep-2015. 52 http://www.mbie.govt.nz/info-services/employment-skills/labour-market-reports/pacific-peoples-labourmarket-trends/september-2015 53 http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/health/disabilities/disability-and-labour-market.aspx 54 Ibid. 555555 Westpac survey: Kiwi workplace acceptance of Rainbow Community surface deep. http://www.westpac.co.nz/rednews/business/westpac-survey-kiwis-only-surface-deep-acceptance-of-rainbowcommunity/ 51 19