More than 1500 workers from the Pacific who were due to return home in May are still in the region, and with the season officially over there is little paid work.
The mental health and wellbeing of 117 Samoan workers employed by Johnny Appleseed in Hastings was now the company's biggest concern, operations manager Len Thompson said.
"There's depression, anxiety, and there's anger. The problem is there is no day set for their return."