Auckland principal has to find up to 20 relief teachers a day

An Auckland school principal who's having to find up to twenty relief teachers a day says the shortage is putting too much pressure on staff and students and its only going to get worse, unless there's a nationwide solution found.Orewa College on the Hibiscus coast, emailed parents last week warning them that some students may have to rostered home to study if it couldn't find enough to releiver to plug staff shortages. It's managed to narrowly avoid that but is still facing the daily challenge of finding relievers. It's the same for other schools too and in June the relief teachers association told Checkpoint demand was outstripping supply. Orewa College Prinicpal, Wiri Warriner told Lisa Owen the shortage means the rest of the his staff are under pressure to do even more