Hundreds of Pacific Islander workers have been evacuated from an idyllic beach village after an alleged rape by a Samoan berry picker of a local teenage girl.
The accused man is one of hundreds of Pacific Islander berry farmers living in seasonal worker accommodation at Arrawarra Beach, north of Coffs Harbour, on the NSW mid-north coast.
An idyllic beach village loved by locals is being overrun by hundreds of migrant fruit pickers who are turning their coastal paradise into a shanty town