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Tuesday, 2 March 2021, 6:21 am
The first kiwifruit will be picked off the vines this
week and growers across the country anticipate needing
around 23,000 workers for the harvest. The harvest runs
through till June and is expected to produce even more than
last year’s record of 157 million trays of Green and
Gold.
New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Inc. (NZKGI) Chief
Executive Officer Nikki Johnson says ongoing COVID-19
overseas travel restrictions mean growers will be looking to
offer job opportunities to even more New Zealanders to
provide most of the workforce – meeting the shortfall of
people on the RSE scheme from the Pacific islands and
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