11 Mar 2021

Growers urge govt action on chronic labour shortage

From Checkpoint, 6:15 pm on 11 March 2021

Agriculturalists are demanding assurances from the government that the chronic labour shortage they're facing never happens again.

Covid-19 has left them without thousands of workers and with no certainty for the future, they're asking for action.

The Prime Minister met sector leaders in Hawke's Bay today.

Our reporter Tom Kitchin was there.