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New documents show tensions arose between government departments over who should get border exemptions and how the dairy industry lost out in favour of space and film projects.
Government departments exchanged terse emails over which workers should be allowed border exemptions to fly into New Zealand.
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The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) pushed back hard on proposals by the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), saying they seemed arbitrarily limited to certain sectors and appeared MBIE-centric .
Several of the projects that received approval for exemptions, such as workers on space and scientific research programmes, fall under MBIE, as does Immigration New Zealand.
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Immigration reset : Govt to curb reliance on temporary visas, target wealthy investors Mon, 17 May 2021, 6:02PM
Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash said New Zealand had become too reliant on low-skilled overseas workers. (Photo / George Heard)
Immigration reset : Govt to curb reliance on temporary visas, target wealthy investors Mon, 17 May 2021, 6:02PM
Wealthy investors and highly-skilled workers will be the targets of New Zealand s Covid-19 immigration reset to reduce the economy s reliance on low-wage migrant workers.
In a speech setting out the Government s intentions for immigration policy, Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash said that would include making it harder for employers to take on workers from overseas, other than in areas of genuine skills shortages.