Thousands of tourism businesses remain desperately short of staff, with the latest figures showing the sector could be short as many as 80,000 staff - around 13,000 more than last year.

As tourism returns to our shores, many visitors have found businesses closed or operating on limited hours due to staffing issues.

General manager of Haka Tours and ANZ Nature Tours Eve Lawrence joined Kate Hawkesby.

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Thousands of tourism businesses remain desperately short of staff, with the latest figures showing the sector could be short as many as 80,000 staff - around 13,000 more than last year.
As tourism returns to our shores, many visitors have found businesses closed or operating on limited hours due to staffing issues.
General manager of Haka Tours and ANZ Nature Tours Eve Lawrence joined Kate Hawkesby.
LISTEN ABOVE

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