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The horticulture and wine industries are welcoming a government announcement of more seasonal workers from the Pacific, but say the unpredictability of Covid makes it prudent to move quickly. From next month RSE workers from Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu will be allowed into New Zealand without the need to undergo managed isolation.
There's currently only half of the 14,400 RSE workers in the country. Lynn discusses what the announcement means for growers with Kate Hellstrom, CEO of Summerfruit NZ and James Dicey, an Otago-based viticulturist and director of Grape Vision, a company that helps people develop and run vineyards.
