10 Apr 2019

Fruit rots and workers suffer amid Hawke's Bay labour shortage

From Checkpoint, 6:11 pm on 10 April 2019

An official labour shortage has been extended in the Hawke's Bay region to allow tourists to apply for visa variations -- but orchardists say it's too little too late, and they're calling on the government to do more.

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