Documents reveal NZ quietly axed Pacific migrant worker program in favor of high-cost seasonal visas
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — New Zealand has quietly scrapped plans to open new Pacific worker pathways in the meat and seafood processing sectors, documents obtained by RNZ Pacific under t

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