POLITICS3of politics hence they decide not to vote. The other three which include disillusioned anddistrustful, living for the weekend and politically absent are less motivated to show up on thatvoting day (Furlong, 2016). The barriers that hinder them from showing up include the lack ofknowledge about politics and lack of motivation. Others affected mostly by low rates ofliteracy and lack or very low access to means of transport and communication around themwhile others are completely apathetic to issues that they consider do not have any effect ontheir daily lives. Also, the New Zealand’s government has been showing less concern to the youths concerns,and this contributes to their lack of voter registration. The lack of appreciating the youthsvalue in governance is a major discouraging factor for the young people. Young people innew Zealand are not interested in political matters because of profound or total lack ofknowledge about political issues (Ichilov, 2013). Others have very little or no motivation tocontribute fully and willingly on voting day. Other people do not go to vote due to individualsconvictions regarding the ineffectiveness to that their vote. They believe that to vote is not thebest way of influencing politics or bringing changes to New Zealand.Another factor that makes the young people of new Zealand not to vote is that they follow upwhether their parents voted the previous elections. This is because the young people followwhat their parents are doing. If the parents did not show up on previous election day, theyoung would consider it not important, and something, not compulsory which is done onwilling limpness (James, 2015). This leads youth to unconcerned about the politics. Some ofthe other barriers that affect New Zealand young people from voting include the negativeattitude of seeing to vote is not the solution to bring the changes in New Zealand. The youngfind it difficult to navigate that voting process due to decline or lack of civic teachers andeducation in schools, apathy, political alienation, lack of understanding and inconvenience.4. Discuss policy solutionsIn New Zealand, the nonpartisan organization and political parties are finding ways andsolutions to minimize and end these barriers which hinder the young people from voting.These parties have come up with some solutions which they must do to draw young peoplesattention to politics. In the New Zealand have taken a step of addressing the inconvenienceaspect on youths by raising the number of polling stations to avoid congestion and time

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