On the waterfront of New Zealand’s largest city, a Chinese developer is building a five-star luxury hotel aimed at wealthy tourists. One hitch: there’s not enough local workers to finish it. To help complete Auckland’s NZ$200 million ($138 million) Park Hyatt hotel on time, Beijing-based Fu Wah International Group has been forced to fly out 138 carpet layers, painters and carpenters from China. The need for foreign labor means the government may struggle to reduce immigration as much as it pledged when it rode to power seven months ago. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s coalition wants to tighten visa controls and has ... (full story)