Secondary school principals are angry the Government is not helping them cover millions of dollars in lost income from international students.
They say it is unfair that private schools have been able get just over $9 million from the Government wage subsidy, but state funded schools get nothing.
The Auckland Secondary Principals Association says its pleas for a solution appear to be falling on deaf ears and the Minister of Education has refused to meet them.
RNZ reporter Anan Zaki has the story.