I noticed this article just before Christmas, but could not find it
again when there was a comment about New Zealand not tolerating
slavery. http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2016/12/napier-welders-being-paid-3-an-hour-legally.html

If workers are not free to leave, they are required to live and work
in particular places, and required to purchase food and other
necessary items from their employer at prices determined by the
employer, then that is closer to slavery conditions than I believe we
should be tolerating.

I understand that this appalling treatment of Indonesian workers was
identified by a union working on behaf of New Zealand welders who knew
of the work required at the sawmill and concerned that they did not
have an opportunity to apply for jobs.

While these workers have gone back to Indonesia, we do not know if
there are others working under "special purpose" visas, but the
government have not released the numbers of such visas that have been
issued - in fact there lack of concern is perhaps indicated by their
complete absence of any comment that I have been able to find - has
anyone seen any response?.

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