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Stretching the Future

Getting youth involved in economic development

Gearing up to make development sustainable

Key Points

• New Zealand businesses need to be creative in attracting young talent.
• Youth do not necessarily all behave in the same way.
• Take key ideas from research, but test them with youth in your own regions.
• The young are stakeholders in regional development -get them involved.
• Provide them with business opportunities (develop business/industry partnerships).
• Businesses regard skill shortage as a key barrier to growth.
• Both the Pacific and Maori demographic is young. In 2001 39% of Pacific people were aged under 15 For Maori, 80% are under the age of 40.
• By 2051 Pacific peoples are projected to make up 13% of New Zealand's total workforce.
• There is a general lack of knowledge of, and aspiration to be a part of, economic development amongst the young, and a lack of awareness of the pathways to economic development.

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