New Zealand Labour government to expand exploitative migrant labour schemes
By John Braddock
New Zealand’s Labour government announced last week that it will ease restrictions on temporary migrant workers to address severe labour shortages...
Man hospitalised without Medicare after being set ablaze shows precarity of Pacific Island fruit...
A Pacific farmworker who left his fruit picking job to work for a labour hire company ended up in hospital, without access to Medicare,...
‘No support’: Pacific Island labour-hire workers fear $6,000 cost of giving birth in Australia
Pregnant women working under the Palm scheme face exorbitant healthcare bills and no easy options
By jordyn Beazley
Since Ulamila gave birth to her baby...
Pacific workers to bring families to Australia : Foreign Minister Penny Wong
Australia has announced that they will allow seasonal workers to bring their families with them to Australia and create a new pathway to 3,000...
Vanuatu RSE workers excited about one-way travel bubble with NZ
Seasonal workers from Vanuatu are happy to be able to bypass managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) when the new one-way RSE travel bubble with...
Changes to Australia’s Pacific labour programmes welcomed
Changes to Australia's Pacific worker programmes have been welcomed but questions remain over the pathway to permanent residency.
The Australian government hailed their reforms to...
Quarantine options for Pacific workforce
Australia is weighing up new quarantine arrangements for Pacific farm workers coming from countries with low coronavirus cases and high vaccination rates.
Pacific Minister Zed...
NZ quarantine-free travel for Pacific RSE workers to restart next month
Recognised seasonal employer (RSE) workers from the Pacific Islands will be able to return to New Zealand next month, the Government has announced -...
Solomon Islands workers fly to Australia for seasonal work Programme
A first group of 160 workers have left Solomon Islands Thursday to work in Queensland, Australia under the Seasonal Work Programme (SWP) and the...
Pacific Island seasonal workers filling an ‘absolutely vital’ gap, horticulture sector says
One hundred and fifty seasonal workers have landed from Vanuatu, but New Zealand’s horticultural employers would happily take six times as many.
The latest group...
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President Whipps Attends Pacific Islands Forum Troika Meeting in Brisbane Ahead of PIF 2026
President Surangel Whipps Jr. departed Palau on Monday for Brisbane, Australia, where he will attend a high-level Pacific Islands Forum Troika meeting this week...
Second by-election confirmed as Sāmoa MP quits Parliament to join ruling FAST party
Independent MP Motuopuaa Seve Henny Papalii has resigned from Sāmoa’s Legislative Assembly, prompting a by-election in the Vaisigano II electorate as he prepares to...
Now is the time to export goods as exchange rate is in country’s favour:...
Prime Minister James Marape says that the current exchange rate favours exporters.
“At present, the Kina exchange rate is favourable for exporters,” he said.
“When you...