A school principal says they may face teacher shortages in some areas if even a small number refuse to be vaccinated.
By the start of next year all school staff who have contact with students must be fully vaccinated.
Macleans College principal Steve Hargreaves told Morning Report the vast majority of his 240 staff are willing.
"I have asked gently around the senior staff, what have they heard and my feeling is that we're going to have a very good uptake, and we have already," he said.
"We've got 240 staff, and on the law of averages, we're going to have somebody who's a bit reluctant, maybe for medical reason, or they just need more information, or perhaps they're wondering how it relates to their particular job in school.
"I can anticipate there'll be some discussions around those issues with certain staff, and it might only be three or four or five, but, you know, we've got a teaching shortage in some subjects, and if it means that somebody leaves then that could cause problems."
Hargreaves, who's also the president of the Auckland Secondary School Principals Association, will meet with the Ministry of Education today.
