Aussie mining towns draw sex workers from afar, but police claim the trade is blighted by traffickers.

Kiwis who have registered to work across the Tasman have been told to wait because of the "massive response" to WA mining jobs.

Anti-mining lobbyists are riled at the lengths to which the Far North's mayor has gone to woo mining companies.

In Kaikohe more than a sixth of the population want to chase pay packets in the mines of Western Australia.