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If you are a member of NZ Apples & Pears, please go here for information.
If you are a member of NZ Avocado, please go here.
If you are a kiwifruit grower, please go here.
If you are a member of Potatoes NZ, please go here
For all other growers and parts of the horticulture industry, please see below.
The HortNZ Update 9 is as follows...
With the announcement this afternoon that the Government will make a decision about a possible border between Auckland and Northland on Thursday 2 September, to possibly be effective from Thursday 2 September at 11.59pm, we would like to remind growers of the process they need to follow to apply for exemptions for essential workers who need to cross borders.
Please note, no decision has yet been made about a north of Auckland border, where it might be or how it might operate.
Also please note, under Alerts Level 4 and 3, there is a legal requirement to minimise travel, except where it is essential, and that goes for essential businesses and services as well.
Registering to travel across borders
If you are a business that requires travel across the alert level boundary for work, please visit MBIE’s website here.
We have been told by growers that this process is working well. But if you strike any issues, please email Covid@hortnz.co.nz and we will look into the situation.
Please note you will not be able to re-use the travel documents that you applied for during previous Alert Level changes. You will need to reapply for new documents.
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How it works
- You must re-apply for Business Travel Documents
- You will require your NZ Business Number as part of the application process
- Our members will need to go through MBIE system under the Food and Beverage sector
- A Real Me login will be required
- MPI has said exemptions will be harder to have approved. If you do get declined, please let your product group or HortNZ know by emailing Covid@hortnz.co.nz
- This stricter exemption process is due to the Delta Covid variant and the highly contagious nature of it
- Each person in a vehicle needs to have their document with them. Each person will need to be able to present their document to border officials. Each staff member who needs to cross the boundary must have their own documentation, or they are likely to be turned around.
- The recommendation is print the QR code and a photocopy of the driver license, and place both of these on the windscreen of the vehicle so Police can have contactless access to your details
- It would also pay to have an extra set of documents in the car with you as well.
For information about operating safely at Alert Level 3, please visit the following websites - Unite Against Covid-19, MBIE and MPI.
Questions, concerns, etc
Please continue to funnel these through your product group or district association, for answering as soon as possible, or email: Covid@hortnz.co.nz. Also, please continue to keep an eye on the HortNZ website: hortnz.co.nz/covid19.
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