Supplied Immigration has been a driver of economic activity and highly skilled IT workers are still in demand. New Zealand had brought migrants in to do jobs Kiwis either didn't want or weren't skilled enough to do. The challenge would be whether to bring in skilled workers from overseas, or train local people. It's OK to challenge low skilled jobs, but if it can't be filled by Kiwis we might have to look at fast processing applications," he said. Stuff National Party spokesperson for economic development Judith Collins says highly skilled workers could be brought into the country with "sensible" quarantining.

Source: Stuff June 03, 2020 06:56 UTC