Hundreds of displaced Queenstown workers may be used to help tackle a growing pest problem - wilding pines.
It's part of the $100 million the government announced in March to help redeploy workers affected by Covid-19.
On Friday Biosecurity Minister Damien O'Connor visited a wilding pine site in Skippers Canyon near Queenstown, where some tourism workers have already been redeployed.
Tourism reporter Tess Brunton joined the visit.
