NZ does rely on quite a few seasonal workers from overseas. Some are currently stuck here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300025484/seasonal-workers-in-nz-wh

NZ does rely on quite a few seasonal workers from overseas. Some are currently stuck here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300025484/seasonal-workers-in-nz-when-cyclone-harold-struck-are-desperate-to-get-home https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300025484/seasonal-workers-... That article says 14,000 workers/year from just the Pacific. Not sure of the total, and it's probably not large by European standards. Our borders have been very effectively closed the last few weeks though. The fact that 56 Avatar film crew people have just been let in (on a chartered flight, after testing negative, and now spending 14 days in quarantine) has been quite contentious: https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/121681820/avatar-crew-touch-down-in-wellington-in-historic-flight-from-la https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/121681...