This article recommends that the New Zealand Government commission impartial research on a series of issues that continue to be raised in discussions of the minimum wage in New Zealand. The purpose of this research is to build an agreed fact base upon which debate can be had.

Empowering YOUth Initiatives was an employment program for young people aged 15 to 24 years who were long-term unemployed. This report summarises learnings that were common across the individual program initiatives, summarising learnings into four themes: activities delivered, the delivery process, specific intervention types and departmental learnings.

The research outlined in this report identifies early working life (inclusive of the period of transition from education into paid employment) as being a time of particular vulnerability for young people.

This report analyses the views of young citizens in the South-East Asia region on future of work, skills and technology. It also details their skills gap, their future career aspirations and their preferences on skills training.

This paper investigates the professional experiences of eleven young Melbourne planners, interviewed in late 2016. They were encouraged to speak as they wished about themselves, their careers to date and planning more generally. Initial interpretation is based on themes they raised. Subsequent use of neoliberalism as a conceptual analytical tool promises to be equally revealing.