1 Mar 2018

Orchardists struggle with huge apple crop, few pickers

From Morning Report, 7:50 am on 1 March 2018

Where are all the backpackers? That's the question Hawke's Bay apple growers are puzzling over, as they scramble to find enough workers to harvest a bumper crop. Orchardists say they less have than half the workers they need, and despite a recruitment campaign, are failing to attract the usual hordes of backpackers they rely on. Hawke's Bay reporter Anusha Bradley has more.