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Tag - Labour shortages

APTC training in Vanuatu (Rob Maccoll-DFAT-Flickr)

Brain drain 3: specific problems and solutions

by Richard Curtain
20 October 2022
Timorese workers in Australia in 2019 (Seasonal Worker Programme of Timor-Leste-Facebook)

Brain drain 2: general solutions

by Richard Curtain
14 October 2022
Samoan PM visiting RSE workers in New Zealand in June 2022 (New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade-Facebook)

Brain drain 1: a growing concern

by Richard Curtain
13 October 2022
Photography of roadside sign in a field that reads 'Looking for seasonal work?'

New Zealand’s summer harvest woes

by Charlotte Bedford
21 February 2022
Photograph of a hospital corridor: ahead three hospital staff accompany a patient being moved on a bed.

Australia needs more Pacific mid-skill migration: here’s how to facilitate it

by Satish Chand, Michael Clemens and Helen Dempster
15 October 2021

Pacific Labour Scheme: expanding while borders are closed

by Holly Lawton
27 May 2021

Pacific seasonal workers return for New Zealand’s summer harvest

by Charlotte Bedford
28 January 2021
Hello Tractor introducing tractors to farmers in Kano State, Nigeria

What is the future of work in agri-food?

by Luc Christiaensen, Zachariah Rutledge and J. Edward Taylor
15 January 2021
Vineyard in the Wairau Valley, Marlborough, October 2020

New Zealand’s seasonal labour shortage: why local workers aren’t enough

by Charlotte Bedford
24 November 2020
Industry leaders warn of a ‘perfect storm’ if fruit is left unpicked (Richard Bedford)

New Zealand’s seasonal labour shortage, and how to solve it

by Charlotte Bedford
2 October 2020
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