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Thursday, February 11, 2021 Home-Delivered $1.90, Retail $2.20 Tsunami Advisory Raises Cell Coverage TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 TSUNAMI ADVISORY RAISES CELL COVERAGE CONCERNS PAGE 3 PAGE 6 CYBER SCAMMERS A WORRY PRE-VACCINE ROLL-OUT ARTS & RIGHT FOR NOW: The apple harvest season has started with this crew pictured at work at Kaiaponi Farms yesterday. From left are Sarah Denker, Tara Kirk, Rowan Blackbourne, Jamie Paerau and Kauri Hose. But there are concerns about a labour ENTERTAINMENT shortage in horticulture in the district as the season builds. More on the Kaiaponi apple season on page 2 PAGES 23-26 PICKER PROBLEMPicture by Paul Rickard Fears labour shortage is going to get worse by Sophie Rishworth and Hauiti Incorporation chairman Wayne will be,” she said. in a month’s time.” Murray Robertson Amaru said getting workers was a major Coxco managing director Omi Badsar A year ago there were hundreds of problem. said there was a “huge” shortage of crop backpackers passing through the district. A “HUGE” shortage of pickers has “We’ve advertised regularly and let pickers across the board in the district. “A lot of them stopped off here to work growers in the region nervous and people know in the regions. Covid hasn’t “We estimate the available labour pool in the fields but that’s not happening looking outside the box as to how to helped. Migrant workers from the islands is down a good 20 to 25 percent on what this year,” Mr Badsar said. attract more numbers. play a big part in the workforce but it was 12 months ago. That’s easily a “Also, production has increased in a lot Crop picker numbers are down 20 to our objective was always to make work couple of hundred people.” of local horticulture industries so there is 25 percent on last year. available for the East Coast.” The shortage had affected Coxco’s more work to be done at harvest time.” The labour shortage is part of a wider The financial hit from the loss of non- squash harvest to an extent. Kaiaponi Farms started its annual national issue caused by the inability to picked fruit happened in the blueberry “We are only running two harvest apple harvest yesterday. recruit workers from overseas under the orchard’s second year of production. gangs when we would like to run three, General manager Scott Wilson said Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme Tipu Horticulture group member and we have been doing everything we while they were OK for labour at the due to Covid-19. Natalya Egan said the peak for fruit can to attract more local people — things moment, they were a little nervous about Tolaga Bay’s Hauiti Berries lost almost harvesting locally would start early next like providing training, pastoral care and the availability of labour for when they two tonnes of blueberries this season month and businesses were actively transport. reached the peak of the apple season in because it could not find enough staff to recruiting for this period. “I believe the labour situation is going about four weeks. pick during their season from September “Until we get closer to the time we to get worse as the apple harvest kicks to December last year. won’t know exactly how big the shortage in, and then the kiwifruit harvest begins CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 TASTE YOUR ENROL NOW! HOSPITALITY FUTURE 0800 22 55 348 | eit.ac.nz | GISBORNE RUATORIA WAIROA Local News ...... 1-5 Business ............11 Classifieds ... 16-18 Racing ................27 Births & Deaths ...4 Opinion ..............12 Television ...........22 Sport ............ 28-32 National ..6-8,10,19-20 World............ 13-15 The Guide ... 23-26 Weather .............31 9 771170 043005 TOMORROW > 2 NEWS The Gisborne Herald • Thursday, February 11, 2021 Stanley Road house fire not suspicious THE fire that gutted a house in Stanley Road on Tuesday night started near the oven and there are no suspicious circumstances apparent. The three-bedroom weatherboard house opposite Gisborne Boys’ High caught fire shortly before 8pm while the two men who lived there were at work. The house was well involved when police and firefighters arrived and houses on both sides of it were threatened by heat and flames. Firefighters were able to stop the fire taking hold at those properties. Detectives and specialist fire investigator Derek Goodwin did a detailed scene examination yesterday. “Police examined the scene and took photographs, along with Mr Goodwin,” said Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Moorhouse. “It was established that the seat of the fire was near the oven. “There is no evidence to suggest the cause of the fire was in any way suspicious.” Mr Goodwin said the exact cause was undetermined at this stage. “But we know something happened around the oven area.” PLAN OF ATTACK: Firefighters set to battle a Stanley Road house blaze on Tuesday night. Neither of the two men who lived at The two men who lived there lost the house were there at the time. A specialist investigator established “the seat of the fire” was near the oven. all their household possessions in the Picture by Paul Rickard blaze. More local workers welcome FROM PAGE 1 packhouse — up from 500 kilograms in their first season in 2019. “When the kiwifruit season starts then Next year the company will be fully Quality start to apple season we expect the labour supply to become operational and expects to have 50-to-60 more challenging.” tonnes of fruit to be picked. FROM PAGE 1 pick that variety, and then we move into the mid- Mr Wilson said the industry had put But that would mean needing up to 70 season varieties like Jazz and Dazzle,” he said. in place lots of initiatives to employ more pickers this year and 100 next year. THE apple harvest has started around the “Again, the fruit quality looks very good for local people. Mr Phelps said he had concerns about region and growers report exceptional colour those varieties, too.” “We have also had a number of people finding that number of staff for the and overall good quality in the first Royal Gala Mr Wilson said their big apple late-season relocate to Gisborne from other areas upcoming picking season, which starts in apples picked. variety Envy should start coming off the trees to pick fruit and work generally in the early September. Kaiaponi Farms, who handle about 70 percent towards the end of March. horticulture field. The team put their heads together to of the Gisborne apple crop, started their pick of “It’s looking to be a very good season for “All this will hopefully supplement look at different approaches to entice the Royal Gala variety on Tuesday. them as well.” the usual 100 RSE overseas workers we pickers, he said, “The fruit colour is exceptional due to the The Gisborne region’s apple volumes normally have work in this area.” Hauiti Incorporation owns Tolaga Bay cooler evenings we have had in the past week continue to grow and are up 15 percent on the Mr Wilson said the industry here motor camp and would use that as an or two,” said Kaiaponi Farms general manager 2020 volumes. continued to have an “open book” when it accommodation option for people if travel Scott Wilson. “Kaiaponi will pack approximately 350,000 came to employment in horticulture. was a problem. “We welcome anyone locally who They were also looking at having a “The fruit finish, that is the degree of defects cartons of the district total of 500,000 cartons,” wishes to join the industry. daily bus from Tokomaru Bay, along with and marks on the apples, has also been very Mr Wilson said. “That’s about 3 percent of the “People working in the apple industry working alongside other orchards to good.” national crop. here picking the fruit can expect to earn offer their labour force more work, as the The Royal Gala variety makes up about 25 “With the existing apple plantings the at least $25 an hour.” blueberry picking season fell in the percent of the Kaiaponi apple crop. Gisborne district should be producing close to “It is not a minimum pay industry for off-peak season to other orchards. “We expect it will take about three weeks to 1 million cartons by 2025.” motivated staff with the right skills,” Mr Phelps said the consistency of said Mr Wilson. workers turning up each day was a kilogram picked. September to keep an eye out for their “Our challenge is to ensure the crops problem. Work was six hours a day — a 6am Facebook page in six weeks. can be picked on time so that we can “I did 55 inductions last year but there start for pickers — but they also needed Mr Amaru said the problem had capture all the downstream jobs our was only a core group of 35 people,” he staff who weighed the fruit, packed it scuttled plans for expansion. harvest creates.” said. into the chiller and then got it ready for “Because if you don’t have the workers, Hauiti Berries operations manager Another way to entice hard-working transport. there’s not much use expanding. It is Steve Phelps said they managed to get and quality staff was to change the Mr Phelps encouraged anyone a problem that is affecting berries and 17 tonnes of blueberries through to the hourly rate to a dollar amount for each interested in joining their labour force in orchards nationally.” LOOKING AHEAD Get your SPORTS Gisborne Herald • Previews of DJ Barry Cup and Hope Cup club home-delivered cricket. • Streetstocks take centre stage at Gisborne Speedway Club’s 50th anniversary meeting.
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