Luxon wants mass imigration to fill jobs...

[C_T_Russell]

yep agree and jobs are not being filled because employers are probably still hopeful of getting cheaper overseas labour.  Once they give up on that idea, only then will they be prepared to pay a bit more competitively to Kiwis.

Maybe the problem is kiwis are relatively speaking more skilled than the immigrants the government wants to invite so the Kiwis tend to want to be paid a bit better.

I also think that one issue facing NZ is that a large percentage of kiwis want jobs that are less labour intense and more of an indoors office job that pays well.
I dont know how to address this other than increasing minimum wage, which causes more problems for employers and increased costs, particularly on food, however, you would think that if there is more money in peoples pockets to spend, it should go back full circle into the economy.
Thats why we can get so many immigrants from other countries that are more than happy to do such jobs at good pay compared to where they have been living.
Most kiwis dont know how good things are here compared to other countries.
We need to make it attractive to kiwis to fill these roles.