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NZ needs a plan to help migrant workers pick fruit and veg, or prices will soar and farms go bust

  • Written by Swati Nagar, Lecturer, International Business, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Auckland University of Technology
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The COVID border restrictions might be saving lives but they’re also threatening the livelihoods of New Zealand farmers, unless a way can be found to allow Pacific Island seasonal workers to return and pick the crops.

Since its inception in 2007, the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme has enabled thousands of...

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