Coronavirus: Orchardists urge Government to relax MIQ rules for seasonal workers at low risk of COVID-19
For Vernon, this past season's been his hardest ever. "I've had fruit that I've left behind because we couldn't go back and pick the last pick," he explained. Orchardists say the various Government efforts to encourage Kiwi workers into the industry - like the $5000 to Work scheme - were "a miserable failure". "The $5000 hasn't paid off at all in my view," he said, "and they didn't last." The Government's now freeing up 300 managed isolation spots a month for recognised seasonal workers, which costs orchardists $6000 per person. "These are people that know our orchards, they know our indust...
Source: newshub.co.nz