New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says a job advertisement requiring Chinese-speaking applicants is discriminatory and blatantly side-lining Kiwi workers. The position was for a full-time worker at a Caltex service station in Opotiki, in the Bay of Plenty and said applicants must be fluent in the Chinese language. "This is unacceptable, especially as there's no shortage of workers in Opotiki and the rest of the Bay of Plenty,'' Peters said on Facebook. In a press statement, he said this was a clear example of an employer taking advantage of record immigration and the many unskilled migrants looking for a job. "This employer knows that migrants are cheaper to hire and will work under any conditions just to keep a job because they want to stay in New Zealand,'' he said.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 10, 2017 03:56 UTC