Larry Williams Drive

Michael Wood needs to abandon his immigration reset. He is hurting the economy. Look at that unemployment number today. 3.3 percent.   That is above sustainable levels.  We can’t carry on like this. We do not have enough workers to run this country. Fullers has suspended ferries between Auckland and The Coromandel because they don’t have enough staff. AT has cut nearly 1000 bus services in Auckland because they don’t have enough drivers  Hospitals aren’t admitting high risk patients who need surgery because they don’t have enough medical staff. Meatworks can’t process carcasses because they’re short workers. Restaurants aren’t opening every day because they can’t find chefs.  Prisoners can’t get visitors because we don’t have enough Corrections guards.  We’re short up to 8000 truck drivers, 4000 nurses, 400 prison staff, 20,000 construction workers. Fullers and AT and Corrections will not be able to find the workers to fill their vacancies any time soon. And even if they did by some miracle fill all their spo