In an echo of Muldoon, National has decided that it believes in
central control over wages - it keeps many wages low from high
immigration, but teachers are not in the same category as National's
favourite immigrants - they actually want to be able to live at a
moderate level near where they work, so we get this:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11889050

"More than half of Auckland schools are each struggling to fill up to
four teaching jobs, a new survey reveals.

Sixty-six per cent of schools across the region took part in the
survey, which found more than 50 per cent had three or four teacher
vacancies.

Auckland Primary Principals' Association president Kevin Bush said of
those, more than half had advertised four or five times, spanning
several months, and even then still failed to fill the roles.

He said it was the worst shortage he'd seen in 30 years."
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related articles: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/308968/primary-school-teacher-priced-out-of-auckland
http://www.radionz.co.nz/programmes/brighter-future/story/201845551/brighter-future-a-tale-of-two-cities

Now a normal employer would see that it could not avoid salary
increases to attract workers, but National is putting money ahead of
student's education - their wealthy backers want tax cuts!

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