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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...
A blunt account of vineyard work at Whitford, south-east of Auckland: grape picking, quad bikes, gen..
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 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 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
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
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 Z...
The account of a traveller who arrived on a working holiday visa, took a chef's assistant job in Wan..
Working for free accommodation in Wellington
An account of a work-for-accommodation arrangement at a Wellington hostel, from a traveller who arri..
Working as an apple packer in Motueka
A short account of packhouse work at an apple packer in Motueka, on the South Island. Packhouse work..
