Immigration New Zealand has approved Covid-19 border exemptions to 126 foreigners, and their managed isolation spaces are booked, for Disney's The Lion Kin
Covid 19 coronavirus: Immigration NZ grants border exemptions for Lion King stage production
15 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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The Lion King stage show is being held at Auckland s Spark Arena and opens on June 24. Photo / Supplied
The Lion King stage show is being held at Auckland s Spark Arena and opens on June 24. Photo / Supplied
NZ Herald
By: Jake McKee Cagney
Immigration New Zealand has approved Covid-19 border exemptions to 126 foreigners, and their managed isolation spaces are booked, for Disney s The Lion King stage production.
It s being held at Auckland s Spark Arena and opens on June 24, 2021.
The overall production requires the employment of more than 300 locals, but on stage there would only be five local young performers, yet to be selected.
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The Grapevine Backpackers manager Harleigh Lawrinson-Thettoe says Immigration NZ has been giving conflicting advice to workers that has prevented many from being able to work.
Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has apologised after admitting some backpackers on working holiday visa extensions were given incorrect advice by contact centre staff that led to them not working for three months. INZ’s botch-up has caused industries that rely on seasonal workers to miss out on critical labour at a time when there are serious shortfalls. Harleigh Lawrinson-Thettoe, of The Grapevine Backpackers in Blenheim, helps place backpackers in seasonal work around Marlborough and said INZ had been giving conflicting advice to workers that had prevented many from being able to work.
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