Pat Newman: Te Tai Tokerau Principals' Association President on the newly created truancy officers

The Government's injecting more than 70-million dollars in a bid to tackle truancy.

82 new attendance officer positions are being created to work with students skipping a lot of school.

It's hoped more than three-thousand will show an improvement.

Te Tai Tokerau Principals' Association President, Pat Newman told Mike Hosking that it's the right move, but needs to done differently than past attempts.

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