Working in sales in New Zealand
09th Dec, 2022
Working in sales in New Zealand

Not every backpacker job is outdoors. This is a short account of seasonal retail work at an outdoor ..

The Gorilla Hut New Zealand
24th Nov, 2022
The Gorilla Hut New Zealand

Apple picking and life at a rough working hostel near Tamahere, between Cambridge and Hamilton. This..

My Journey from $350/hr to minimum wage: Loving it in New Zealand
21st Nov, 2022
My Journey from $350/hr to minimum wage: Loving it...

A Singaporean professional swapped an office career for grape picking in the Waipara Valley, north o..

Put on your work clothes, roll up your sleeves and get out there. | New Zealand seasonal jobs
06th Oct, 2022
Put on your work clothes, roll up your sleeves and...

A blunt account of vineyard work at Whitford, south-east of Auckland: grape picking, quad bikes, gen..

Asparagus picking New Zealand
23rd Feb, 2020
Asparagus picking New Zealand

Five weeks of asparagus picking on a family farm near Hamilton, in the Waikato, found by emailing gr..

Packing kiwifruit in Motueka - New Zealand seasonal work
20th Feb, 2020
Packing kiwifruit in Motueka - New Zealand seasona...

A Belgian traveller's account of working as a kiwifruit grader in a Motueka packhouse, living at a b..

The Christmas rush - seasonal working in New Zealand
08th Jan, 2020
The Christmas rush - seasonal working in New Zeala...

A student who could not get a retail job over the Christmas rush ended up on an egg farm in Henderso..

Working with Kiwi fruit in New Zealand
04th Jan, 2020
Working with Kiwi fruit in New Zealand

Six weeks as a kiwifruit pruner in Tauranga, taken through a work-and-stay package where a hostel ar..

From the big city to the field of kiwi fruit
24th Sep, 2019
From the big city to the field of kiwi fruit

Two travellers left Auckland two days after landing and found orchard work in Kerikeri, in the Far N..

From a working holiday visa to a resident in New Zealand
15th Sep, 2019
From a working holiday visa to a resident in New Z...

The account of a traveller who arrived on a working holiday visa, took a chef's assistant job in Wan..

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