1st December 2020 By Staff Reporter | news@foodticker.co.nz | @foodtickernz
The Government is offering unemployed New Zealanders up to $200 a week for accommodation costs, for seasonal summer work.
Minister for Social Development Carmel Sepuloni made the announcement on Friday, and said the government would offer a $1000 payment for workers who completed jobs of six weeks, or longer.
It would also increase wet weather payments when people can’t work to reflect the minimum wage.
Sepuloni said getting Kiwis into jobs was the government’s “top priority”, and hoped the changes would help address the barriers unemployed face when considering seasonal jobs.
16 Jun 2022 Last call for Aotearoa Horticulture 2030 input
30 May 2022 Hawke’s Bay Young Fruit Grower 2022 named
17 May 2022 MG Marketing contestable applications open
29 Apr 2022 HortNZ scraps 2022 annual conference
17 Mar 2022 Govt help needed to cool vege prices – HortNZ
8 Mar 2022 Pop-up info sessions for fruit harvest jobs
16 Feb 2022 Arable crops destroyed by bad weather
