17 Feb 2020

Man gives evidence in NZ's first slavery trial

From Checkpoint, 5:44 pm on 17 February 2020

A man giving evidence in the country's first slavery and human trafficking trial, has described being paid twenty dollars a week for working 16-hour days, six days a week.

He is one of 13 complainants to give evidence as the trial of 65-year-old Joseph Auga Matamata, who faces 24 charges of human trafficking and slavery, heads into its second week.

Anusha Bradley was in court, and filed this report.