08.mar.07
New Zealand Herald
Hawke's Bay Today
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10427610
Fruit is rotting in one of New Zealand's main growing regions because, according to this story, there are not enough pickers.
The labour shortage is the single biggest worry for Hawkes Bay fruitgrowers.
Len Thompson of Johnny Appleseed said he would need at least 200 pickers when the Braeburn harvest started next week and he was "nervous" about finding them.