PHOTO: JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/STUFF A construction boom has lead to increased demand for migrant workers but they have few protections against exploitation (File photo).
Filipino builder Andrew Doromal came to New Zealand on the advice of a colleague.
With 15 years experience in construction, he regularly worked overseas to earn enough money to support his family back in the Philippines.
But when Doromal arrived in Auckland he was forced to live in cramped conditions and the majority of his pay went to “pastoral care”.
“When I arrived here in New Zealand, I spent three months in pastoral care and almost all of our pay was taken for it,” Doromal said.
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