and investigations into post-cyclone crimes
The Government's taking action on poor school attendance rates through a 74-million dollar package.
More than 80 attendance officer positions are being created to work with around three-thousand students who are continually bunking class.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins confirms that it's a different approach than previous efforts, which had a range of contracted providers who could employ whoever they wanted.
In the wake of Gabrielle, people are being urged to hand in any evidence of post-disaster crime.
Link to podcast and article: Hipkins confirms new approach to truancy officers and investigations into post-cyclone crimes (newstalkzb.co.nz)
