Covid-19 border exemptions for workers `as scarce as winning lottery tickets`
(WorldNews New Zealand)

A think tank wants the Government to put border exemptions up for auction so companies can bid to bring in overseas executives and key workers. Source: 1 NEWS The New Zealand Initiative says the current application process is slow and ineffective and that the private sector can`t get the people it needs into the country. Its chairperson, Roger Partridge, told Morning Report border exemptions for critical workers had `become a bit of a lottery`. `We surveyed our members over the last week - they`re the majority of the largest companies in New Zealand - and we found that border exemptions are as scarce as winning lottery tickets, and whether or not they get one seems to be a matter of chance.`...