Employment

Opposition claims NZDF facing 'workforce crisis'

17:45 pm on 8 December 2022

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The Opposition says a workforce "crisis" is begining to emerge in the Defence Force as personnel leave for better salaries. A ship deployed on a fisheries patrol operation around pacific nations had to cut its time short this year because of staffing shortages. National says it's an alarming situation - while the government maintains it's had no impact on the monitoring of illegal fishing. Our political reporter Anneke Smith has more.