Federated Farmers Southland vice president Bernadette Hunt said skilled workers who had their visas extended in 2020 would go home and likely not come back. SUPPLIED Farming technologies, like Spot the robot dog, could be further developed because of the Covid-19 pandemic border closures. New Zealand dairy exports were already well established in China and had the potential to increase in 2021, Ungor said. Otago Southland Employers’ Association chief executive Virginia Nicholls said engineering and manufacturing companies in particular were frustrated at delays getting skilled workers into the country. Immigration New Zealand needed to operate more efficiently so more skilled workers could enter the country, Nicholls said.

Source: Stuff January 27, 2021 05:48 UTC