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CLAREMONT — There does not seem to be enough room at the city-owned Arrowhead lodge to accommodate the needs of the Arrowhead Recreation Club and The Wheelhouse, a local bike shop that is looking to lease part of the lodge to serve the recent increase...
“We've never had so much turnover. A lot of them, haven't got staying power. “Our biggest requirement is for potato and onion harvesting. We're about halfway through the onions and 25 per cent through potatoes. “I'm confident we'll harvest them all. It's highly mechanised now with only one 10th labour required compared to 50 years ago when it was largely manual labour.” Turley said they had been fortunate to get nine essential skilled staff from England, Ireland and France for driving harvesters. John Bisset/Stuff Boners working hard at Alliance Smithfield, Timaru. The company is ...