Business View Oceania - Oct 2023

20 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 5, ISSUE 10 fulfilling career option for New Zealanders. Though Hospitality NZ’s staff training platforms and resources are working, we can’t do this alone, and we more cuts to funding for some training providers, as has happened, is the opposite of what is needed. Rather, the Government needs to increase funding for apprenticeships and on-the- job training, and to consider tax rebates for employers who are committed to training programmes. Those are things that will make a big difference. If we are serious about attracting more Kiwis into this vital industry then that’s the least that needs to happen.