The Pacific Island fruit pickers will fly in between mid-January and March. Photo / Warren BucklandTwo thousand workers from the Pacific will come to New Zealand early next year to pick fruit for the horticulture and wine industries. The workers will be granted a border exception as Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) workers, and will fly in between mid-January and March. There are normally about 14,400 RSE workers a year, but the pandemic and border restrictions have cut that workforce in half. The first of 2000 RSE workers from the Pacific will arrive in mid-January to help pick fruit.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 26, 2020 16:04 UTC