Orr appeared before MPs this morning at a time of ongoing concerns over inflation and interest rates. Orr referred to last week’s disappointing GDP results showing the economy shrank 0.3 per cent in the September quarter. A relative of mine last month had a van full of Filipino electricians turn up at her house. The ‘staff’ turned out to be Filipino Electricians who were conned into coming to NZ under the belief they would work as electricians only to find they had been recruited because they had the lowest and cheapest transferable skill sets. The Filipino Electricians who were so surprised to find thesmelves in such an unequal deal actually asked my relative to check their contract top see if it was really true.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 20, 2023 21:32 UTC