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Letter:No labourers?
Friday 28 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
In Saturday 22 April’s front page story (Labour shortage), it stated that we have a labour shortage problem “more so here than in Tonga or Samoa”.
Without seeing any statistics or data, I have no doubt that the comment made by the Asian Development Bank’s public management economist was correct.
But I didn’t know that Tonga or Samoa actually had labour shortages.
Those two countries contribute to New Zealand’s RSC and Australia’s PALM labour schemes and it is my understanding that there isn’t a shortage of applicants for the very reason that there are not enough jobs in their respective countries!
Moana Moeka’a
Ruatonga