Is New Zealand adapting a 'guest worker' policy?

Beginning 2015, the NZ Government implemented changes affecting the status of 'Essential Skills' visa holders in New Zealand. The 'essential skills' pertains to a main category of admission for migrant workers and is meant to help employers bring in workers when local labour is not available.

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Need more info? Check out the following sources:

• Give temporary migrant workers a fairer deal, academic says

• Cabinet Paper explaining the impact of these policies 

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