Seasonal workers on way

Wellington: Around 900 niVanuatu seasonal workers will soon travel to New Zealand for work under the Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme.

Last November, the New Zealand Government granted a border exception for up to 2000 experienced Pacific Island RSE workers to address labour shortages.

Local media in Vanuatu report that of the quota for the Pacific, niVanuatu make up 45% of the RSE labour for the February to March intake.

The workers will be travelling to New Zealand on eight chartered flights operated by Air Vanuatu at the expense of their RSE employers.

The first group of more than 150 workers will be leaving next Tuesday and undergoing two weeks quarantine on arrival in New Zealand. — RNZ