The workers will be shared across industries and regions, Pollard said. Pollard, who along with other industry body chiefs, has spearheaded the operation to get the workers into the country and divvy the workers up among growers said it had been a complex job. Demand for the workers was critical among all growers, he said.
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The RSE workers arrive just in time for the apple harvest, which begins in February. The Government announced in November it would allow 2000 horticultural workers from the Pacific to enter in the new year under strict conditions. It is the first significant opening of the border to foreign workers since the Covid-19 pandemic hit.
Press Release – Waikato District Council Budding entrepreneurs living or working in the Waikato district will have the opportunity to attend a free ten-day business course this March Waikato District Council and Ministry of Social Development is working together to bring the PopUp Business School …
Budding entrepreneurs living or working in the Waikato district will have the opportunity to attend a free ten-day business course this March
Waikato District Council and Ministry of Social Development is working together to bring the PopUp Business School Aotearoa to the Waikato district as part of its economic and social development initiative.
Over ten days, PopUp Business School delivers twenty workshops designed to equip participants with the tools they need to start their own business. Topics include building a website for free, the quickest way to find a customer and how to start a business with no money. The course does away with traditional thinking by replacing business
Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 7:36 am
Budding entrepreneurs living or working in the Waikato
district will have the opportunity to attend a free ten-day
business course this March
Waikato District
Council and Ministry of Social Development is working
together to bring the PopUp Business School Aotearoa to the
Waikato district as part of its economic and social
development initiative.
Over ten days, PopUp Business
School delivers twenty workshops designed to equip
participants with the tools they need to start their own
business. Topics include building a website for free, the
quickest way to find a customer and how to start a business
with no money. The course does away with traditional
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Motueka Fruit Growers Association President Richard Clarkson with misshapen and bruised apples as the damage continues to emerge from the Boxing Day hail storm.
The horticulture industry could call on the Government to provide further help as growers worst hit by the Boxing Day hail storm in Motueka face several years of struggle. New Zealand Apples and Pears chief executive Alan Pollard met orchardists in Nelson on Thursday and Friday to get more feedback on the effect of the Boxing Day hail storm, and to help coordinate support for those struggling through the aftermath. At a meeting in Upper Moutere, Pollard was joined by service and technical support providers from the industry, representatives from the Ministry of Social Development and the Ministry for Primary Industries and the Rural Support Trust.
Both options are non-taxable, interest-free, recoverable financial assistance to meet essential immediate needs. However, this amount can quickly add up. A person in Auckland city has amassed $3010 for five grants in the same time period.
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Hamilton Budgeting Advisory Trust manager Tony Agar said once people reach their maximum advancement they tend to go to more expensive loan options. As people reach their advancement limit, which is decided upon on individual cases, Agar sees clients getting into more and more debt. “The Work and Income advances are interest free, so that is one of the advantages of doing it through Work and Income.