Kia ora,
Cyclone Gabrielle and other recent weather events have devastated many communities and businesses in the North Island.
We know many of you have suffered the consequences personally and our hearts go out to you and your whānau.
To assist with recovery the Government has announced the launch of the Recovery Visa (a Specific Purpose Work Visa). This short-term visa will allow employers to sponsor migrants to come to New Zealand to work on the emergency response.
The full picture of labour demand is still emerging but we need specialists from overseas such as engineers, technicians and insurance assessors to support our New Zealand experts on the ground.
This visa is intended for people coming to New Zealand for a short period for:
- Providing emergency response
- Immediate clean-up
- Assessing risk or loss
- Infrastructure, building and housing stabilisation and/or repair (including planning functions)
- Work that directly supports the recovery (e.g. producing relevant material for road rebuild, transport drivers etc).
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