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1000 cows over 250ha System 2 farm , milking through a 44 bail rotary. Great established long term team. 20 minutes from Rotorua

Duties and Responsibilities:

•  Assist with daily milking operations
• Help manage animal health and welfare, including calving support and basic treatments
• Setting up break fences and general stock movements
• Maintain shed hygiene – cleaning down the plant, vat, and milking equipment
• Support calf rearing as required
• Assist with general farm duties including fencing, water checks, effluent and machinery operation
• Follow health and safety protocols and maintain compliance standard.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

•  A positive attitude and willingness to learn
• Good communication and teamwork skills
• Previous experience in dairy farming is essential
• Physically fit and comfortable working outdoors in all weather
• Committed to animal welfare and farm safety
• Keen to grow your skills and take on more responsibility over time

Specific Requirements:

•  Honest, reliable, has great communication skills and positive mindset.
• Love of animals
• Experience on a Dairy Farm is essential.
• Current drivers license
• Be a NZ citizen or Resident

We are looking for a labourer to work alongside a surveyor. No surveying experience required.

Looking for someone available week days, approx. 5-6 hours per day. Can be flexible during the day. The project is building a new subdivision in Lincoln.

You will need strength to use a 9kg peg bar (similar to a sledge hammer) and hit in timber stakes and kerb pins. Reliability and common sense are prerequisite. The site has many moving vehicles and obstacles so awareness of your surroundings at all times is a must.

You will get to see first-hand how infrastructure is built from bulk earthworks, stormwater, services installation and roading to the finished product, up close and personal.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Working with the surveyor on site to hit kerb pins (1.2m long, 16mm diameter steel pins) into the ground every 6-8m in a position marked by the surveyor
• Once the concrete structure has been poured, you will be asked to remove the pins and place them at the next location on site 

Specific Requirements:

• Steel Cap boots
• Drivers license
• High vis vest can be supplied

Duties and Responsibilities: You are arriving at an exciting time of year, our main job is milking but you will be assisting to dry cows, set up winter run offs, moving cows to run off and maybe even working with young stock

Specific Requirements:

Experience in Rotary shed preferred, must have own car

Full Stack Developer (AI/API Focus) – 6-Month Fixed Term

📍 Lincoln, Canterbury – 20 minutes south of Christchurch

📆 6-month contract, full-time (with potential to extend)

🌱 Help deliver game-changing tools for rural NZ

About Us

At Ag Assist, our vision is simple:

• To be the best platform for rural people and businesses to connect, share knowledge, and grow.
• We’re a fast-growing digital platform purpose-built for rural New Zealand. Farmers, growers, service providers, and workers all use Ag Assist to find what they need, faster.
• We’re grounded, transparent, and practical — here for rural communities and committed to helping them thrive.

Why Join Ag Assist?

• Make a real difference in arguably New Zealand’s most important industry – Agriculture
• Work in a fast-paced environment where your efforts directly impact rural users
• Join a tight-knit team that values ownership, honesty, and results

The Opportunity

We’re on the lookout for a capable and motivated Full Stack Developer with strong experience in API integration and AI-enhanced development workflows.

You’ll work onsite at our Lincoln office, partnering closely with our in-house developer to:

• Accelerate feature delivery
• Improve the user experience
• Help scale the platform’s capability

This is a 6-month fixed-term contract, with the option to extend based on performance and evolving roadmap priorities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain web applications using Vue 3 and Nuxt 3
• Build reusable components and modules following best practices
• Optimise applications for performance and scalability
• Develop and integrate RESTful and third-party APIs
• Ensure cross-browser compatibility and mobile responsiveness
• Use AI tools to support and enhance development workflows
• Contribute to both frontend and backend improvements
• Collaborate closely with the internal developer and wider team

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in full-stack development
• Strong experience with Vue.js 3, Nuxt 3 (including API), and the Composition API
• Solid understanding of JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS3 (including Tailwind)
• Familiarity with Pinia, Vue Router, and component lifecycle
• Experience with server-side rendering (SSR) and static site generation (SSG)
• Experience integrating RESTful and third-party APIs
• Experience with Firebase Auth
• Knowledge of Git and standard version control workflows
• Familiarity with using AI in development (e.g., GitHub, Chatgpt)
• Backend and frontend experience — you don’t need to be an expert in both, but solid in one and competent in the other
• Must be able to work on-site in Lincoln, Canterbury

Nice to Have

• Experience with Vercel
• Experience leading AI integration, including identifying use cases and tools
• Mobile development experience (not essential, but helpful)
• Experience in a fast-moving product or startup environment
• Exposure to agriculture or rural-facing products (but not essential)

Contract Details

• Term: 6-month fixed-term (full-time)
• Location: Onsite in Lincoln (20 minutes from Christchurch)

www.agassist.co.nz

Hiya! We are a mix of kiwi and Filipino milking 550 cows in a 46 aside herringbone on a lovely farm for very cool owners. We are clean and tidy and love to farm, cows and have a joke.

We are looking for a drive in team member for next season- The intended role is to support current fulltime team during calving from August- November and we anticipate this role to be 25 hours per week- Days negotiable and Travel expenses will be paid depending on the distance. We are located in Bankside- 12 mins to Rakaia/Dunsandel/Hororata.

Duties and Responsibilities:

•  Assist with collecting calves and dropping off to calf sheds
• Assist with milking new mums to get good quality gold colostrum
• Cleaning calf feeding equipment
• Keeping gear clean and tidy
• Assist with milking and cleaning cowshed

Desirable Skills and Experience:

•  Stock experience essential- Calving is a critical time of the year and we are after someone to support and help our team out so past experience in working with cows and ideally calves is a must
• Milking in a herringbone shed ideal but not required as we are happy to train
• MUST have attention to detail- we all care deeply about our stock on our farm and work hard to achieve good results so you must fit into this value

Specific Requirements:

•  Fit and healthy
• Positive and easy to get along with

**** We can provide the odd casual work over the winter period so you get to know us and the farm prior to calving hitting.

Duties and Responsibilities:

 Is technology your thing?? then make sure you check the farm profile for details of the Farm 

We are after someone who looking to join our young team who is punctual and has a good sense of humor 

A person who helps the manager implement the farm policies and has input into the stock feeding with a good understanding and capability of the following

• Milking
• Calving
• Animal Health
• irrigation
• Fencing
• Pasture management
• Tractor driving and feeding out
• Effluent applications 
• be the PIC when manager is on days off

Unfortunately the position is live out at current but might suit someone who currently lives in Rolleston, Lincon or Leeston all are within 15 mins drive from the farm 

Must be willing to do a drug test and have a clean drivers license 

Must be eligible to work in NZ and be currently in NZ

• 2 years' experience preferred 

Duties and Responsibilities:

•  Milk harvesting
• Assisting with general dairy farming calving work
• Assisting feeding calves from new born to 100kgs
• Help us from August to October during the most exciting time to work on a dairy farm

Specific Requirements:

•  1 years farming experience

We farm beside the coast in southland beside Riverton

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Rearing 250 heifer calves through to 100kg
• Rearing approx 500 bull and beef calves to 4days old
• Feeding approx 100 Bobby calves to 4 days old
• All normal calf rearing tasks such as hygiene, feeding, animal health,
• Additional on farm tasks helping the team when time allows.

Specific Requirements:

•  It would be preferred if the successful candidate could work through until the end of October.
• This is a drive in position preferably but there could be the possibility of shared accommodation for the right person.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assisting the head calf rearer with all aspects of calf rearing.
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Specific Requirements:

• Some farm experience is helpful
• Affinity for and patience to care for young calves
• Hard worker
• Honest and punctual
• Able to work well in a team environment

📍 Burnham, Canterbury

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Work alongside a passionate family and supportive team

🏡 3-bedroom refurbished home included

We’re growing our team and looking for a passionate, motivated dairy farmer to join us in Burnham. If you're someone who’s eager to learn, up for a challenge, and values working in a positive, progressive environment we want to hear from you.

We’re Martin and Vanessa Bates, sharemilking 400 cows just outside of Christchurch. Along with our three kids and awesome team, we’ve built a supportive, fun, and forward-thinking farming business—and we’d love the right person to join us.

What We Offer:

• A learning-rich, supportive environment
• Real progression opportunities for the right person
• Flexibility to support your on- and off-farm interests
• A roster that works with the team
• Variety in day-to-day tasks—learn all aspects of farm life
• A team that genuinely cares and values each other

We’re Looking for Someone Who:

• Is coachable, shows initiative, and wants to grow
• Communicates openly and honestly
• Can self-manage and support others as they grow too
• Enjoys teaching and sharing knowledge
• Takes pride in their work—on the farm and at home
• Is drug-free (no exceptions)
• Has a good sense of humour and enjoys being part of a team
• If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

Duties and Responsibilities:

•  Bringing the cows, milking the cows, setting crop fences, filling PK trailers, getting cows off crops, grubbing - all things farming.

Specific Requirements:

•  Because of the short term nature of this job experience in all of the above tasks is required.

We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic person who wants to advance in the dairy industry and join our team starting 1st June 2025, but is flexible. This position is a 2IC role that includes a range of farm tasks including but not limited to pasture walks, herd feeding and planning, farm physical data weekly reporting, day-to-day staff management, adhering to the farm policies and procedures, taking a lead role in animal health and full management of the farm in the manager's absence.

In return, we will provide a competitive remuneration package as well as on-farm training and external advancement through the likes of Primary ITO and DairyNZ. You will have the choice of a section of a large 3-bedroom house, which includes 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, or a modern tiny home, which includes 1 bedroom and 1 bathroom. The roster is normally a 6 and 2 over calving, then 8:2, 8:3 or 5:2 from October onwards, depending on the team’s needs.

Calving 650 cows through a 50-bale internal rotary, the farm is irrigated by a centre pivot (70%), rotorainer (25%) and sprinklers/Kline (5%). The farm has a 700-cow concrete feed pad and is situated 8km from Lincoln Township. There are 2 other full-time staff members on the farm, including the manager.

A minimum of 2 years full-time dairying experience is required. At least Level 3 Primary ITO completed, but Level 4 preferred or tertiary education. 

Applicants must have a current full driver’s licence, be eligible to work in NZ and be present for interview. 

We are looking for 2 team members to fill gaps in our farming family for next season. This has opened up an awesome opportunity for an experienced farm assistant and a herd manager to make their mark within our small team.

We are looking for someone who is fit, hardworking, honest, great with our girls, has no criminal record and most importantly is reliable.

Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug test. And be able to drive a 2 wheeler motorbike, and manual vehicle, and drive modern tractor and an older tractor.

We milk 500 cows through a 54 bale rotary and have a small runoff block adjacent to us that we use for making supplement and spring grazing.

Our staff enjoy our roster of 5 on 2 off roster from the end of mating until calving, this allows them to make the most of our fantastic location, 6 on 1 off over the busy period.

We are 5 minutes from Colac bay and 15 minutes from Riverton. Great for diving, fishing and hunting. And we have a school bus that runs past the houses for Riverton primary and secondary school too.

We have a 4-bedroom house and a newly built 2-bedroom house available for the successful applicants.

Are you interested in filling these boots?

Duties and Responsibilities:

•  Shifting stock, yard work and general maintenance

Specific Requirements:

•  1 or 2 dogs under good control

Veterinary Technician / Assistant: Heifer Teat Sealing

Large Animal Vet Clinic - Ashburton Vets

Duties and Responsibilities:

• assist team with seasonal workload

·       Working in at team of 4-5 you will be assisting on farm TeatSealing Heifers. 

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• No formal training is required
• Good cattle handling skills and experience milking cows would be beneficial.
• You will need to be friendly, energetic and hardworking, quick learner and be physically fit.

The hours are between Monday-Friday 8.30am-5pm, so you will have weekends free to relax and explore the local area.

Pay rates based on experience $25-30/hr.

Teatseasling season runs from April to June.

Job opportunity Central North Island! 

🌱Junior Full Time Farm Assistant 🌱 

📍Kiwitea, Manawatu

📆Starting 1st June 2025

We are looking for a farm assistant to help work on a 550 cow dairy farm running a spilt calving system on 220ha. With a 44 bale rotary shed with auto cup removers, test spray and plant wash milkings will be a breeze with great farm tech. The farm also rears all the young stock on farm and grows maize and kale crops. 

The farm is located 15 mins north of Fielding in the Manawatū region being very central to a lot of tourist areas in the north island. Ideal for someone looking to explore the North Island.

We are a strong team and value our staff by making a fun and enjoyable work/life balance. We will have 2 full timers, 1 part timer + us as contract milkers. Our roster will be 7:2/7:2/7:3

Accomodation - Modern 1.5 Bedroom with Heat Pump.

We are hugely involved in young farmers here and enjoy being part of the community. 

~ Basic 2 wheeler and quad skills, and willingness to learn all aspects of farming and use of tractor.

If you would like to see more please have a look at our instagram @theeudderfarmers 

Key Responsibilities

🐄 Livestock & Pasture Management:

• Setting up and shifting break fences
• Monitoring stock and checking animal health
• Working in yards: loading/unloading stock trucks, weighing, and drenching young stock

🚜 Machinery & Farm Operations:

• Feeding out stock using tractors and machinery
• Assisting with rotational grazing and crop management
• General maintenance work around the farm

✔ Current driver’s license required

📞 Contact: Hayden – 027 878 9389

Looking for a change over summer? Compass Agri Australia manages 6 Dairy Farms in Tasmania, Australia. We are looking for keen individuals who want a change of scenery over summer to come and work and learn on our Dairy Farms. Located in the picturesque Derwent Valley, Tasmania and Compass have a lot to offer.

Key Responsibilities:

• Active roll in milking operations
• Provide care for livestock, including feeding and health monitoring
• Maintain cleanliness and hygiene of dairy 
• Participate in pasture management 
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Contribute to a positive and collaborative team environment

Qualifications and Skills:

• Experience in dairy farming or strong interest in the field
• Passion for animal care and welfare
• Good physical fitness and ability to perform manual tasks
• Basic understanding of farm safety practices
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies
• Reliable and able to work flexible hours, including early mornings and weekends

Specific Requirements:

•  Position ideally suits friends who want to travel and work together for the summer

Duties and Responsibilities:

•  Feeding and looking after 500 calves on our farm 15 minutes from Winton

Specific Requirements:

•  Good work ethic
• Ability to work with others