This episode of bLine looks at youth unemployment in Aotearoa. While unemployment is seen by everyone, its scale and effects are difficult to comprehend on a societal level. Additionally, we know unemployment has risen in Aotearoa before, including around the global financial crisis and during the COVID 19 lockdowns. We can see the struggles that people around us are facing - how can we use these experiences to make change to prevent unemployment from rising further?

In this week's episode of bLine we spoke to Principal Analyst at Stats NZ, Alexandra Ferguson, and Kick Back founder Aaron Hendry. The next episode will be in two weeks, where we’ll talk about alcohol related harm in Aotearoa. 

Happy listening!