Seasonal workers face heightened insecurity as cyclone batters Pacific

Seasonal workers face heightened insecurity as cyclone batters Pacific
Brent Melville
Seasonal orchard workers from Vanuatu and other Pacific Island nations on work visas on the South Island are facing uncertainty after Cyclone Harold, one of the strongest storms on record, hit the region.Vanuatans make up the majority of the 1,000 Pacific Islanders working on orchards and vineyards through Otago, South Canterbury and Marlborough and the workers are already facing restrictions and changes in working procedures in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic.  Seasonal Solutions cooperative chief executive Helen Axby said while everyth...

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