Change to immigration rules good news for Southland farm workers
Migrant dairy farm worker Christian Roxas says his prayers have been answered after immigration rules changed, allowing him to stay in New Zealand.
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Migrant dairy farm worker Christian Roxas says his prayers have been answered after immigration rules changed, allowing him to stay in New Zealand.
Regular video calls allowed him to keep in contact with his wife Princy and son Hanan in India. But it was nothing like the real thing, and he believed the Government should consider allowing families who had been apart for more than a year to be reunited, so long as they were vaccinated and quarantine requirements were met. Robyn Edie/Stuff Indian migrant Telly Thomas doesn't know when he will see his wife and son again. Thomas first arrived in New Zealand in 2011 and has lived in the Southland town of Te Anau most of the last decade, holding down jobs at two service stations and a hotel.