Education

Some students to stay home due to teacher shortage

07:23 am on 17 July 2023

Listen

Schools reopen for the third term today but some are warning they are likely to ask children to stay home on some days because they will not have enough teachers.

The struggle to find staff to fill vacancies is especially bad in Auckland, Northland, and the West Coast of the South Island.

Education correspondent John Gerritsen reports.