Poll: Whether young or experienced, has age been a barrier to opportunity?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

The Neighbourly Team came across the third installment of 'Work, Interrupted', an article series looking at the job struggles different generations face, and we thought it would resonate with our Neighbourly community.

In this article, Amelia Wade reports on what it’s like to seek employment when you’re 50+. Many factors - from financial to social pressures - are keeping people in the workforce longer. The reality is that times are tough, even for our most experienced workers: of those receiving Jobseeker benefit, a third are 50-64 years old.

We want to know: Have you felt overlooked in the job market?
Do you have advice for your community on how to stand out in an increasingly crowded job seeker market?
Share your experience below!

📖 Want to read more from the 'Work, Interrupted' series?
Work, Interrupted: The kids, the mortgage, but no job. What next?
Young and shut out: Gen Z face the harshest job market in years
Work, Interrupted: Is 50 the new 60? Older workers battling algorithms to get CVs seen

Whether young or experienced, has age been a barrier to opportunity?

• Yes - In my experience, age has been a factor.
• No - In my experience, age has had little to do with my employment opportunities
• As an employer, age is not a factor.
• Other - I will share below.

Vote View Results

• 68.2% Yes - In my experience, age has been a factor.
  68.2% Complete
• 29.2% No - In my experience, age has had little to do with my employment opportunities
  29.2% Complete
• 1.7% As an employer, age is not a factor.
  1.7% Complete
• 0.9% Other - I will share below.
  0.9% Complete

462 votes

Poll: As an island nation, are we doing enough to protect our oceans?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

The island nation of New Zealand claims guardianship over a vast ocean territory. In fact, our Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) spans 15 times our land area. Despite this, less than 1% of our ocean is highly protected.

Sheridan Waitai, member of One Oceania, argues that New Zealand is failing its obligations, and our failure is being noticed internationally.

Sheridan and others argue that the health of our oceans is declining as they face climate change, overfishing, and pollution. While other nations are championing ocean protection, New Zealand has been quiet on this topic.

We want to know: Are we meeting our responsibilities in the management of our blue territory?

As an island nation, are we doing enough to protect our oceans?

• No - we can do more.
• Yes - we are meeting our obligations.
• It is a global problem, not just ours.
• Maybe. I dont really have an opinion.
• Other - share below!

Vote View Results

• 66.3% No - we can do more.
  66.3% Complete
• 5% Yes - we are meeting our obligations.
  5% Complete
• 25.7% It is a global problem, not just ours.
  25.7% Complete
• 2.7% Maybe. I dont really have an opinion.
  2.7% Complete
• 0.3% Other - share below!
  0.3% Complete

1185 votes

Choice News Tuesday: Kākāpō will be getting busy in 2026!

Kia pai from Sharing the Good Stuff

The kākāpō, our famously lovable but critically endangered land-parrot, are forecast to have a massive breeding season in 2026 - perhaps the biggest on record!

How do we know? Kākāpō only 'get busy' during rimu mast events (where rimu grow heaps of fruit), every 2-4 years. Because we can anticipate rimu mast events, and kākāpō love rimu fruit, we can predict kākāpō breeding activity.

Since there are only 242 kākāpō today, this bumper season is important.

This positive outlook on population numbers is especially exciting since, due to the mahi of conservationists, the kākāpō have completed their first season on the North island (at Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari). The booming of the kākāpō has not been heard on the North Island of Aotearoa for over a century!

Read more about Aotearoa's flightless parrot and their nesting plans.

We hope this news brings a smile!