Northland had the highest NEET rate, at 16.3 percent of people aged 15 to 24, followed by Bay of Plenty, at 16.2 percent. He said NEET rate increases often foreshadowed other employment changes. He said more should be done to help NEET young people. For teenagers specifically, employment rates and average hours worked were the highest on record in the late 1980s, Stats NZ said. "Employment rates for teenagers from 2022 to 2024 rose from the previous decade, but average hours per employed youth remained low.
