What’s currently needed:
•2000 to 4000 dairy workers
•400 rural contractors each year
•170 vets
•250 forestry workers
•Horticulture: 5000 in horticulture
•2500 in the meat industry
•1000-plus in viticulture
•5000 additional staff needed by the kiwifruit sector by 2024.
Source: DairyNZ, Meat Industry Assn, HortNZ, Prof Paul Spoonley, Massey University.
