Centrist: ‘We’ve gone too left' - Vocational expert warns NZ is trapping young people in welfare

One in four New Zealanders aged 15 to 19 – about 23 per cent – are not in work, education, or training, according to Duncan Garner’s latest podcast.

Garner called it “a ticking time bomb” and warned of a looming lost generation trapped in doomscrolling, welfare dependency, and disengagement.