'Council work covers a range of jobs': Greens Co-Leader Marama Davidson on proposed job guarantee programmes

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Author: Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2026, 3:46pm

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson (right) with fellow co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. Photo / Sylvie Whinray

The Green Party's announced a jobs guarantee programme for young people who've been out of work for 6 months, with unemployment at an 11-year high, and three times worse for younger people.

The party says the country's infrastructure and nature need maintenance and care, but community services are short of the people needed - so they plan to give those roles to younger people.

The policy aims to bring work to 32,000 young people, by scaling up funding for all councils.

Party Co-Leader Marama Davidson speaks to Tim Beveridge to explain how it work...