19 Proposed changes to national immigration policy NZNO seeks your feedback on proposed changes to employer-led temporary work visas that aim to ensure these are matched where there are genuine skill shortages. Crucially for nurses and employers changes include: replacing the Essential Skills in Demand Lists with Regional Skills in Demand Lists and introducing sector agreements to ensure longer-term structural issues are addressed, so that sectors do not become reliant on migrant labour, at the risk of shutting out opportunities to New Zealander. https://www.mbie.govt.nz/have-your-say/consultation-on-a-new-approach-to-employer-assisted-work-visas-and-regional-workforce-planning/ Please send feedback to [email protected] by 11 March 2019