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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Govt urged to fast-track foreign drivers for local bus services
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:05:49
	Publish Date:		2022-10-06 04:23:00
	Description:		Public transport bosses are appealing to the government to make it easier for overseas bus drivers to work in New Zealand, in the face of chronic shortages. Hundreds of trips a day are being cancelled as there just are not the drivers to fill the shifts, with situations vacant around the motu. Add to that the news a number of train services in Auckland will be shut down over several years for maintenance, meaning replacement buses, and yet more pressure on the system. A collective of regional transport authorities has written to the Transport Minister urging him to review immigration settings to help solve the problem. Michael Wood talks to Lisa Owen.
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