Spotlight || Tuvalu seafarers

Six fishermen from Tuvalu were recently welcomed to Picton where they will help to fill a shortage in the NZ seafarer market.
The fishermen will spend six months employed by locally-owned Waikawa Fishing Company working on local boats with experienced NZ crew.
They will also be trained in health and safety, and New Zealand fishing standards - skills which they will be able to apply back in Tuvalu.
The MFAT-funded Fisheries Employment Initiative is in its pilot phase, and is delivered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment in partnership with Sealord and the Waikawa Fishing Company.
Additional footage: Waikawa Fishing Company
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