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Industries desperate for workers urge government to open borders to Pacific

Industries desperate for workers urge government to open borders to Pacific
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Fruit, meat works and food processing industries are calling on the government to open Pacific borders to tackle what they re calling their worst ever labour crisis.
At a media conference in Napier this morning they demanded more help.
Apples are rotting on the ground at many orchards.
Chestergrove Orchards owner Bruce Mitchell said he could not find enough pickers to pick his royal galas.
The apple crop that you see here represents 10 to 12 months of planning, investment and work and just days before I came to pick it I had 20 pickers sign up, and at induction two pickers turned up, so we went into crisis mode. ....

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Covid-19 coronavirus: Orchardists plead for Pacific Island travel bubble

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Livestock trucks turned away from Hawke's Bay meatworks amid 'unprecedented' worker shortage

Livestock trucks turned away from Hawke s Bay meatworks amid unprecedented worker shortage
8 Mar, 2021 10:20 PM
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Worker shortages related to Covid-19, competition from the horticulture sector and increased sick leave and minimum wage are being blamed for delays at meat processing plants. Photo / Supplied
Worker shortages related to Covid-19, competition from the horticulture sector and increased sick leave and minimum wage are being blamed for delays at meat processing plants. Photo / Supplied
Livestock already loaded onto trucks are being turned back in Hawke s Bay because workers are choosing to pick fruit over labouring in the meatworks.
Craig Hickson, of Progressive Meats in Hastings, said his company was ....

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Livestock trucks turned away from Hawke's Bay meatworks amid 'unprecedented' worker shortage

Livestock trucks turned away from Hawke's Bay meatworks amid 'unprecedented' worker shortage
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