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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-343/
- Published: 2021-04-15T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-16T10:15:04.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Business, Featured, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14

> The Immigration Minister has defended the lack of migrant workers, saying the Government’s doing everything it can.  
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> Fruit growers claim there are hundreds of millions of dollars worth of produce going to waste, and they can’t last another year without more seasonal workers.  
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> \[…\] Minister **Kris Faafoi** told Mike Hosking they pulled major strings to get the last border exemptions through.  
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> “It was a difficult ask to get 2,000 workers through, and officials worked like the clappers to make sure they could bring that number of people through in a window of two to three months.”  
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> He says the exemptions will be limited, and it will be a long-term challenge for the industry to shift to more Kiwi workers.

[Read the full article and listen to the audio here](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/kris-faafoi-immigration-minister-defends-the-governments-approach-to-migrant-workers/?ref=goodoil.news).

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