22 Nov 2018

Ashburton struggles with unemployment

From Morning Report, 8:47 am on 22 November 2018

Unemployment is at a ten-year low - 3.9 percent across New Zealand. In Ashburton the unemployment rate is even lower, just under two percent don't have jobs. It might sound like good news for the rural Canterbury town, but employers say they are struggling to fill vacancies. The Ashburton District Council say labour shortages are costing them tens of millions of dollars a year, but they have a solution.