Labour co-ordinator role may alleviate kiwifruit labour shortage

Labour co-ordinator role may alleviate kiwifruit labour shortage
Jenny Ruth
By Jenny Ruth Dec. 14 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand kiwifruit growers' association says it has gained support from the government’s Provincial Growth Fund and the Ministry of Social Development to employ a labour coordinator to try to alleviate an expected staff shortage in 2019. The association said the Bay of Plenty kiwifruit industry, which accounts for more than 80 percent of kiwifruit grown, experienced a severe labour shortage this year with 1,200 vacancies at harvest unable to be filled. “The aim of the labour coordinator rol...