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Youth Employment Action Plan monitoring and reporting dashboard

A summary of select data and featured actions as at June 2022.

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Key indicators

Retention at school​

  • In 2021, 81.4% of all school leavers stayed at school to age 17, a 2.6% decrease from the previous year.​
  • In 2020, 61.4% of school leavers enrolled in level 3 and above tertiary education, a 5.4% increase from the previous year.

Median weekly earnings​

  • 15-19 year old weekly earnings were $424 in 2022 (up from $343 in 2021). ​
  • 20-24 year old weekly earnings were $954 in 2022 (up from $890 in 2021).

Qualifications​

  • In 2021, 55.8% of all school leavers achieved level 3 or UE standard, a 3.8% decrease from 2020.

Number of 18 – 24 year olds on main benefits (June 2022 compared with June 2021)​

  • Jobseeker Support: 34,083 down from 39,555 in 2021​
  • Supported living: 7,404 up from 7,230 in 2021​
  • Sole Parent Support: 9,765, up from 9,147 in 2021​
  • Youth/Young parent payment: 1,254, down from 1,359 in 2021​

Progress on actions

Of the 28 examples of initiatives that support the high level actions within the Action Plan:​

  • 15 are completed – (they have been implemented or ongoing)​
  • 12 are underway – (development has begun)​
  • 1 is yet to begin development – (has been delayed or reprioritised)

Feature action: Pae Aronui – Year 2 & 3

Pae Aronui was initially a 3 year pilot programme funded by Te Puni Kokiri to test innovative approaches to improve education and employment outcomes for rangatahi Māori aged between 15 – 24 years that are:​

  • not in education, employment or training (NEET). ​
  • at risk of becoming NEET, including those with an Oranga Tamariki or Youth Justice history, and/or health and disability issues or other special needs (at key transition points).​

​Year 2 contracts began in June 2020 (following a slight delay because of COVID-19) and finished in June 2021. In year 2, 275 rangatahi were engaged and 94% successfully completed the programme. The year 3 programmes are underway and 9 providers are working with rangatahi. ​

Our most recent reporting shows that 200 rangatahi have been engaged on the year 3 programmes of this 89 have already gained employment, 47 have re-engaged with education, and 99 have qualifications and training underway and completed. Final reporting in June 2022 will provide an update on the programme as a whole.​

Over the period this programme has been running so far 712 rangatahi Māori have been engaged, whom otherwise would have been classified as not connected to education, training or employment. Pae Aronui has received additional funding through Budget 2022 for a further 2 years (22/23 and 23/34).​

Highlight on NEET rates (15 – 24 year old)

Total NEET (people)​ — trending down

  • June 22: 68,700​
  • June 21: 69,900​
  • June 20: 77,300

Total NEET Rate (%)​ — trending down

  • June 22: 10.7%​
  • June 21: 10.8%​
  • June 20: 11.8%

Male NEET Rate (%)​ — trending up

  • June 22: 11.2%​
  • June 21: 9.1%​
  • June 20: 10.5%​

Māori NEET Rate (%)​ — trending up

  • June 22: 18.3%​
  • June 21: 17.6%​
  • June 20: 17.8%​

Female NEET Rate (%)​ — trending down

  • June 22: 10.2%​
  • June 21: 12.7%​
  • June 20: 13.1%​

Pacific NEET Rate (%)​ — trending down

  • June 22: 14.3%​
  • June 21: 16.6%​
  • June 20: 18.3%​

Download full monitoring and reporting dashboards

Below are the full dashboards as downloadable PDFs.

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