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The Opposition Leader's welcoming Government investment into school attendance.
$140 million from this year's Budget will go towards a new system and better data monitoring.
Labour leader Chris Hipkins wanted truancy officers reintroduced two years ago when he was PM.
Hipkins told John MacDonald it's clear disbanding the previous truancy service in 2012 was the wrong decision.
He says it鈥檚 a good step in the right direction, and gives credit where credit is due.
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