4 Mar 2022

Covid-19: Omicron threatens grape harvest

From Morning Report, 7:53 am on 4 March 2022

Winemakers in New Zealand's oldest and second-largest wine region, Hawke's Bay, are worried Omicron will disrupt their busiest time of the year - the grape harvest.

Growers are hoping they can get most of their 40,000 tonnes of crop in before the virus knocks out too many of their pickers.

Here's reporter Tom Kitchin.