Report from RNZ by Gill Bonnett
New documents show tensions arose between government departments over who should get border exemptions, and how the dairy industry lost out in favour of space and film projects.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) pushed back hard on proposals by the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), saying they seemed ‘arbitrarily limited to certain sectors’ and appeared ‘MBIE-centric’.
Several of the projects that received approval for exemptions, such as workers on space and scientific research programmes, fall under MBIE, as does Immigration New Zealand.
DairyNZ had its border request rejected in the run-up to calving last year, having asked for farm or herd managers already employed in New Zealand, who were overseas on holidays when the pandemic struck.
By Gill Bonnett of RNZ
Employers with migrant staff are facing what the Immigration Ministry says is the biggest change to work visas in a generation.
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Immigration New Zealand apologises and refunds over covert residence policy
22 Apr, 2021 11:50 PM
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Immigration NZ has apologised for unofficially cherry-picking highly-paid residence applications. Photo / 123RF
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By Gill Bonnett of RNZ
The chief ombudsman has told Immigration New Zealand (INZ) to apologise for an unofficial strategy of cherry-picking highly paid residence applications amid growing delays in visa processing.
Migrants argue the agency only came clean about the criteria once they filed complaints to the government watchdog in early 2020.
For 18 months before that, it had informally prioritised skilled migrant category (SMC) applicants with an annual salary of at least $106,080, government jobs or roles needing occupational registration.
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Dr Louise Reiche, head of the Dermatological Society of New Zealand said it gives support and structure to a lot of the different components of our bodies.
“[Collagen] helps to enable us to move and to have strength,” she said, “Otherwise we would be jellylike.”
Unfortunately, as we age, we tend to produce less collagen and that makes our skin appear less firm.
There are many different ways of increasing collagen being touted at the moment, from social influencers like Khloe Kardashian joining up with NZ company Dose & Co to promote collagen supplements through to sticking needles in your face.