Growers back PM on NZers’ poor work ethic

Growers back PM on NZers’ poor work ethic

Orchardists and grape growers have backed up Prime Minister John Key’s comments on the difficulties of getting beneficiaries into seasonal work. He said the New Zealand Seasonal Workers Scheme, which is designed to give unemployed locals a job as opposed to a separate programme which brings in people from the Pacific Islands, had issues with locals who “just can’t muster what is required to actually work”.

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