Country Life: How Filipino farmers are supporting NZ’s rural towns
The Invercargill Royal's Legends division team, which includes Southland farmers Vincent Travasas (83) and Guillermo Tolentino (88). Photo: RNZ/Anisha Satya Vi…
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The Invercargill Royal's Legends division team, which includes Southland farmers Vincent Travasas (83) and Guillermo Tolentino (88). Photo: RNZ/Anisha Satya Vi…
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This feels pretty close to what people are actually dealing with.. everyone's gonna dogpile the country bit. The smaller practical details matter more than the headline.
83 and 88 playing basketball? That's impressive, but are they really the backbone of our rural towns?
nah, it's more about the spirit. Respect.
Good on them. Love seeing our farming community stay active and connected.
here bro, absolute legends.
My dad worked with Filipino guys on the dairy farm back in the day. Hard workers, good people.
It's nice to hear a positive story for once. Rural towns need all the support they can get ❤️
enough, I didn't mean to sound negative. It's good to see.
My grandad is 78 and still milking cows every morning. These fellas are legends.
grandad sounds like a legend too!
Three days of basketball? Jeez, I'm wrecked after one hour. Fair play to them.
exactly, I'd be in a coma.
Would love to see more stories like this instead of all the doom and gloom.
right. The media loves a crisis.
My neighbour's a Filipino shearer, absolute machine. Huge asset to our community.
So good to see migrant workers being recognised. They keep our towns alive.
100% agree, they put in the hard yards.
of course…
Anyone working in this space has probably seen this coming.. everyone's gonna dogpile the country bit RNZ group chat is gonna go off. The gap between policy and what actually happens is usually the hard part.
This is the kind of thing locals pick up on straight away.. wait till facebook gets the country headline RNZ group chat is gonna go off. Most people I know care about how this lands day to day.
hmm — that country angle again