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flag New Zealand is expanding job seeker support to 70,000 people with personalized plans to boost employment and reduce benefit reliance.

flag New Zealand’s Ministry for Social Development is expanding job seeker support, increasing targeted case management to 70,000 positions, including phone-based help for up to 10,000 people. flag A key 2025 initiative involves Individual Employment Plans co-developed with clients to boost work readiness and job placement. flag The effort aims to reduce benefit dependency, strengthen employer confidence, and prepare workers for current and future jobs driven by infrastructure investment, which could generate about 4,500 jobs per billion dollars spent. flag The government is retaining 490 frontline staff to sustain service quality amid expected peak benefit claims later in 2025.

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