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Tag - Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE)

Mother and daughter in Tonga (Asian Development Bank-Flickr)

When a family member works overseas: the good, the bad, and the differences by gender

by Kirstie Petrou and Dung Doan
30 March 2023
Tongan RSE workers waiting for rescue during Cyclone Gabrielle (Coconut Wireless Aotearoa-Facebook)

Cyclone Gabrielle: Pacific seasonal workers picking up the pieces in New Zealand

by Charlotte Bedford
1 March 2023
Students at Fasi Moi Afi primary school in Tonga (Conor Ashleigh-DFAT-Flickr)

Seasonal work supports everyday expenses in Tonga

by Hiroshi Maeda and Ryan Edwards
3 February 2023
Tongan worker picking fruit in NT, Australia, 2017 (DFAT-Flickr)

Tongans support labour mobility

by Ryan Edwards
9 December 2022
Participants at the 5th PLMAM in Apia, Samoa (PACER Plus-Facebook)

The Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting: finding its feet

by Charlotte Bedford and Evie Sharman
7 December 2022
Samoan workers on ladders in a New Zealand orchard

Growing pains: Samoa’s participation in New Zealand and Australia’s Pacific labour schemes

by Charlotte Bedford
7 November 2022
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
A Tongan PALM worker at Newton Orchards (Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme-Facebook)

Labour mobility in the Pacific: transformational and/or negligible?

by Stephen Howes, Richard Curtain and Evie Sharman
10 October 2022
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