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Figures show relief teachers are leaving the job in droves. The number of available substitutes has dropped by a third. NZEI president Liam Rutherford told Heather du Plessis-Allan Covid's meant people are searching for more secure employment. “A large part of our reliever workforce is made up of people returning from paternity leave. There’s also an increasing number of people who haven’t found their first full-time job that end up in relieving.” LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.