Seasonal workers: Pacific Island workers packing apples

Description:

Tongan seasonal workers (from left) Akosita Fuapau, Selina Malupo and Teuila Teu pack apples at a Richmond packhouse in 2008. Workers from Tonga and Vanuatu had arrived in Motueka and Riwaka under a government scheme. Orchardists have long struggled to get reliable seasonal labour, as backpackers...

Location:

Tonga

Format:

StillImage

Collections:

Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Contributors:

Nelson Mail

Publisher:

Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga

Content partner:

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Availability:

Not specified