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Despite talk of rampant youth crime, Generation Z - that cohort of New Zealanders now in their teens and early 20s - are less likely to get into trouble with the law than any other age group in decades.

There are a small number of them who do flout the law and they tend to do it spectacularly, often by ramming a stolen vehicle into a shop and posting about it on TikTok.

This offending is highly visible, and it has a big impact on the besieged shop owners and communities around them, which is why the public rightly get alarmed.

Generally, people believe youth crime is getting worse. Surveys suggest 87 percent of New Zealanders believe it has increased in the past five years. This belief, however, is contrary to what statistics tell us.

Overall, Ministry of Justice data shows youth crime rates dropping year on year.

The trend is not always consistent, and there has been a significant post-Covid uptick, but the number of children and youths aged 16 or under coming before the courts has halved over the past decade.

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A whole bunch of this sounds really familiar for some reason...

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It was only a matter of time before an irate tradie threw hands at them.

We don't get paid to sit in traffic.

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Controversial take: If you are buying a car for $29 f-ing thousand dollars, with no downpayment, and accepting interest rates over 20%, and can and have afforded to pay $250 per week in repayments, you have no right to be complaining about the interest rate you agreed to.

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I always read stories about what’s going on in Gloriavale, and I quite enjoy videos of random communities abroad as well. Other than Gloriavale what other fringe communities exist in NZ?

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I feel Oranga Tamariki really dropped the ball here. The police have tried to do their best and months of crime could’ve been stopped if OT had stepped up earlier.

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Almost like the cost of living is unachievable for those on the lowest wages.

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TL:DR Studies on financial education show it helps increase savings rates, but has virtually zero impact on whether someone will default on loans. The article suggests that financial discussions at home are important.

Really though, the article is raising discussion points and doesn't really suggest what actions we should take (that I noticed, anyway).

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