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Ōpōtiki’s Workforce Development Co-ordinator, Barbara MacLennan knows that Opotiki’s benefit figures don’t make great reading – at the end of January, there were 586 local people on Job Seeker Work Ready benefits, 50% higher than the same time last year, largely due to COVID. “That is more than 580 people who want, but don’t have work and all the benefits that work brings. It is not just the income but the wider benefits of working, health and wellbeing, confidence and self-esteem, learning new skills and adding value. “So it is vital to get our local people in work, particularly our rangatahi, who

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