Tuesday 17 May 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Zealand, Regional
However it doesn't guarantee residency for minimum wage migrant workers.
Green Party spokesperson for immigration, Ricardo Menéndez March, said the policy was discriminatory.
"They don't earn twice the median wage, they still deserve pathway to residency, to put their roots in the community.
"So I'm really disappointed that many of the low wage workers were left out of having genuine pathways to residency, including many of our Pacific workers who are in low wage industries as well," Menéndez March said.