Recruitment campaign eases bus driver shortage

Recruitment campaign eases bus driver shortage
Kinetic Group's NZ Bus operation has started a shuttle service to make it easier and cheaper for drivers to get to work. (Image: Kinetic)
Oliver Lewis
New Zealand’s largest bus operator is projecting a return to full driver staffing levels in the coming weeks.Covid-related border closures and immigration issues had caused widespread shortages across the sector, resulting in cancelled and unreliable services.In a statement on Monday, Kinetic Group said its NZ subsidiaries Go Bus Transport and NZ Bus had spent the past six months doing an intense international and domestic recruitment campaign.The two bus operators had recruited 327 drivers for Auckland, 82 for Wellington, 57 for Tauranga...

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