TLDR: Responding to pleas for more migrant workers to help with the recovery and rebuild after Gabrielle, the Government this morning announced a new fast-tracked six-month work visa for workers to help with clean-up work in the North Island, including insurance assessors, infrastructure and utilities engineers and technicians, heavy machinery operators and debris removal workers.
Immigration NZ will get extra staff to process applications within seven days and the $700 application fee will be refunded for successful applicants.
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