The Seasonal Work Calendar

Seasonal and part-time work in New Zealand listed by work type and month - to help you plan your Working Holiday

 

All Year Round
WHEN WHAT WHERE JOBS FIND JOBS
All year round Oyster Farming Northland 100

Pick NZ

All year round Mussel Farming Northland 100

Pick NZ

All year round Accommodation Staff Northland 250+ Pick NZ
All year round Meatworks – processing Northland 500 Meat Your Career
All year round Vegetable growing Northland 400 Pick NZ
All year round Tourism Attractions Staff Auckland 1000

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All year round Hospitality Staff (F&B, Baristas, Chefs etc) Auckland 10,000+

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All year round Accommodation Staff (Hotels etc) Auckland 10,000+

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All year round Causal Event Staff Auckland 2500+

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All year round Potato harvesting Auckland 500+ Pick NZ
All year round Hospitality Staff (F&B, Baristas, Chefs etc) Waikato 5000+

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All year round Accommodation Staff (Hotels etc) Waikato 5000+

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All year round Meatworks – processing Waikato 2,400 Meat Your Career
All year round Mussel Farming Waikato 500+

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All year round Oyster Farming Waikato 500+

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All year round Potato harvesting Waikato 1,000 Pick NZ
All year round Casual Event Staff Waikato 2500+

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All year round Forestry - Harvesting, Processing Bay of Plenty 1700 Forestry Careers
All year round Accommodation Staff Bay of Plenty 2500+

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All year round Hospitality Staff (F&B, Baristas, Chefs etc.) Bay of Plenty 3000+

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All year round Meatworks – processing Bay of Plenty 1,000+ Meat Your Career
All year round Dairy Farm Assistant Hawkes Bay 2,000

NZ Farm Source

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All year round Meatworks – processing Hawkes Bay 3000 Meat Your Career
All year round Accommodation Staff Hawkes Bay 500+

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All year round Forestry - Harvesting, Processing Hawkes Bay 1,000 Forestry Careers
All year round Hospitality Staff (F&B, Baristas, Chefs etc) Taranaki 1,000

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All year round Accommodation Staff (Hotels etc) Taranaki 800

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All year round Meatworks – processing Taranaki 1,200 Meat Your Career
All year round Meatworks – processing Whanganui-Manawatu 2,500 Meat Your Career
All year round Lettuce harvesting Whanganui-Manawatu 100+ Pick NZ
All year round Forestry - Harvesting, Processing Whanganui-Manawatu 1,000 Forestry Careers
All year round Brassica harvest (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower) Whanganui-Manawatu 500 Pick NZ
All year round Potato grading Whanganui-Manawatu 500+

Pick NZ

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All year round Meatworks – processing Wairarapa (Wellington) 250 Meat Your Career
All year round Accommodation Staff Wairarapa (Wellington) 200+

Restaurant NZ

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All year round Accommodation Staff Wellington 5,000+ GoWithTourism
All year round Forestry - Harvesting, Processing Nelson/Marlborough 300 Forestry Careers
All year round Fisheries Nelson/Marlborough 3,000 TradeMe Jobs
All year round Accommodation Staff Nelson/Marlborough 1,000+

Restaurant NZ

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All year round Mussel Farming Nelson/Marlborough 100

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All year round Accommodation Staff West Coast 500+

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All year round Meatworks – processing West Coast 300 Meat Your Career
All year round Accommodation Staff Canterbury 500+

Restaurant NZ

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All year round Meatworks – processing Canterbury 2,500 Meat Your Career
All year round Potato grading Canterbury 100+

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All year round Accommodation Staff Central Otago 500

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All year round Casual Event Staff Central Otago 100+

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All year round Meatworks – processing Central Otago 3,000 Meat Your Career
All year round Casual Event Staff Fiordland, Queenstown & Wanaka 100+

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All year round Accommodation Staff (Hotels etc) Fiordland, Queenstown & Wanaka 5,000+

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All year round Hospitality Staff (F&B, Baristas, Chefs etc)) Queenstown & Wanaka 5,000+

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January
WHEN WHAT WHERE JOBS FIND JOBS
Jan - Feb Blueberry Picking and Packing Otautau (Southland) 100 Pick NZ
Jan - Feb Tulip Harvest Southeast Southland 360 Trade Me Jobs
Jan - Mar Stonefruit Picking & Packing Central Otago 1,500 - 1,000 Pick NZ
Jan - April Sweetcorn picking and packing Hawkes Bay 300+

Pick NZ

Jan - May Pumpkin harvesting Hawkes Bay 100+

Pick NZ

Jan - May Pumpkin harvesting Auckland TBA Pick NZ
Jan - May Pumpkin harvesting Canterbury 100+ Pick NZ
Jan - Oct Carrot Harvesting Whanganui-Manawatu 500 Pick NZ
February
WHEN WHAT WHERE JOBS FIND JOBS
Feb - April

Apple and Pear harvest, packing and thinning

Hawkes Bay 10,000

Pick NZ

Feb - April Apple harvest & packing Waikato 2,000+ Pick NZ
Feb - April Apples - thinning Waikato 1,000+ Pick NZ
Feb - April Hop Harvesting Nelson/Marlborough 250+ Pick NZ
Feb - April Apple and Pear harvest & packing Nelson/Marlborough 1,300

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Feb - April Apples and Pears - thinning Nelson/Marlborough 1,000+ Pick NZ
Feb - April Berry picking and packing Nelson/Marlborough 2,000+ Pick NZ
Feb - March Sweetcorn picking and packing Nelson/Marlborough 100+ Pick NZ
March
WHEN WHAT WHERE JOBS FIND JOBS
Mar - May Calf Rearer/Autmn Calving Otago 50 NZ Farm Source
Mar - May Calf Rearer/Autmn Calving Southland 50 NZ Farm Source
Mar - May Grape Picking and Nets Central Otago 1,000 - 500 Pick NZ
March - September Vine Harvest / Maintenance Worker Central Otago 1000

Pick NZ

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March - September Vine Harvest / Maintenance Worker Otago - Southland 1000

Pick NZ

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March - July Olive picking and pressing Wellington 500+

Pick NZ

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March Olive harvesting Hawkes Bay 500 Pick NZ
Mar - Aug Kiwifruit harvest + packing Bay of Plenty 20,000+

Pick NZ

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Mar - Aug Kiwifruit harvest + packing Northland 1,000+

Pick NZ

Kiwifruit Jobs NZ

Mar - Aug Kiwifruit harvest + packing Nelson-Marlborough 400

Pick NZ

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March - July Olive harvesting Northland 500+ Pick NZ
March - July Olive harvesting Wairarapa (Wellington) 500+ Pick NZ
March - May Potato harvesting Canterbury 500+

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April
WHEN WHAT WHERE JOBS FIND JOBS
Apr - Jun Cherry Tree Pruning Central Otago 400 Pick NZ
Apr - May Crutching Otago 350  
Apr - May Crutching Southland 350  
April - September Winter Snow Sports Staff Canterbury 300

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April - September Winter Snow Sports Staff Queenstown & Wanaka 1000+

Pick NZ

May
WHEN WHAT WHERE JOBS FIND JOBS
May - October Hospitality Staff (F&B, Baristas, Chefs, Vineyards etc) Central Otago 1000

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May - October Hospitality Staff (F&B, Baristas, Chefs etc) Canterbury 5000

Restaurant NZ

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Barcats

May - September Seafood - Processing West Coast <100 Seafood NZ
May - June Contract Milker Hawkes Bay 1,000 Pick NZ
May - October Macadamia harvesting Bay of Plenty 2,000+ Pick NZ
May - October Macadamia harvesting Auckland 100 Pick NZ
May - October Macadamia harvesting Northland 500+ Pick NZ
May - October Macadamia harvesting Nelson/Marlborough 100+ Pick NZ
May - September Deep sea fishing West Coast 100+

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June
WHEN WHAT WHERE JOBS FIND JOBS
June - August Wine Bottling Nelson/Marlborough 100

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June - August Vine Harvest / Maintenance Worker Canterbury 100

Pick NZ

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June - August Vine Harvest / Maintenance Worker Hawkes Bay 200 Pick NZ
June - September Forestry - Planting Nelson/Marlborough 300 Forestry Careers
June - August Vine Harvest / Maintenance Worker Nelson/Marlborough 1000

Pick NZ

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June - August Vine Training/Pruning/Trimming Wairarapa (Wellington) 500

Pick NZ

June - August Vine Harvest Worker Wairarapa (Wellington) 1,000

Pick NZ

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June - January Lemon picking and packing Bay of Plenty 5,000+ Pick NZ
June - January Lemon picking and packing Northland 1,000 Pick NZ
June - October Grapefruit picking and packing Waikato 1,000+ Pick NZ
June - October Grapefruit picking and packing Auckland 500+ Pick NZ
June - October Grapefruit picking and packing Northland 1,000+ Pick NZ
June - October Orange picking and harvesting Northland 1,000+ Pick NZ
June - September Forestry - Planting Hawkes Bay 1,000 Forestry Careers
July
WHEN WHAT WHERE JOBS FIND JOBS
July - December Asparagus harvesting Canterbury <100

Pick NZ

July - December Olive picking Nelson/Marlborough 100+

Pick NZ

July - December Asparagus harvesting Hawkes Bay 300 Pick NZ
July - December Asparagus harvesting Waikato 250+ Pick NZ
August
WHEN WHAT WHERE JOBS FIND JOBS
August - October Dairy / Beef farm assistant Northland 1,000

NZ Farm Source

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August - October Dairy / Beef farm assistant West Coast 1,000 Pick NZ
August - October Dairy / Beef farm assistant Canterbury 1,000 NZ Farm Source
August - October Dairy / Beef farm assistant Central Otago 1,000 NZ Farm Source
August - October Dairy / Beef farm assistant Waikato 8,000

NZ Farm Source

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August - October Dairy / Beef farm assistant Taranaki 3,000

NZ Farm Source

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August - December Dairy - Milking Nelson/Marlborough 400

NZ Farm Source

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August - October Dairy – Calf rearing Bay of Plenty 2,500

NZ Farm Source

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August - October Dairy – Calf rearing Wairarapa (Wellington) 300+

NZ Farm Source

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August - October Dairy – Calf rearing Nelson/Marlborough 400

NZ Farm Source

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August - April Milk harvesting Taranaki 1,200

NZ Farm Source

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August - April Milk harvesting Northland 2,000

NZ Farm Source

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August - April Milk harvesting Waikato 3,000

NZ Farm Source

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August - April Milk harvesting West Coast 400

NZ Farm Source

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August - April Milk harvesting Canterbury 6,000 NZ Farm Source
August - April Milk harvesting Bay of Plenty 1,000+

NZ Farm Source

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August - April Milk harvesting Wairarapa (Wellington) 300+

NZ Farm Source

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August - April Milk harvesting Central Otago 5,000

NZ Farm Source

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September
WHEN WHAT WHERE JOBS FIND JOBS
September - April Avocado picking and packing Bay of Plenty TBA Pick NZ
September - April Avocado picking and packing Waikato TBA Pick NZ
September - April Avocado picking and packing Northland TBA Pick NZ
October
WHEN WHAT WHERE JOBS FIND JOBS
October - March Tourism Summer Activity Staff Waikato 1000

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October - March

Tourism Summer Activity Staff (Outdoor Guides, Biking, Attractions) Fiordland, Queenstown & Wanaka 1000+

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Lakes Weekly Bulletin

October - March Tourism Boat Crew & Watersports Fiordland, Queenstown & Wanaka 150+

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Lakes Weekly Bulletin

October - March Tourism Boat Crew Waikato 250+

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October - March Tourism Boat Crew & Watersports Auckland 250+

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October - March Tourism Summer Activity Staff Taranaki 300+

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October - March Tourism Summer Activity Staff Auckland 500+

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November
WHEN WHAT WHERE JOBS FIND JOBS
November Sheep -shearing hands Otago - Southland 350 NZ Shearing
November Cherry canopy management Central Otago 400 Pick NZ
November Vineyard bud rubbing/shoot thinning Central Otago 500 Pick NZ
November Apples - thinning Central Otago 500 Pick NZ
November Grain Harvests Otago - Southland 650 TradeMe Jobs
November Dairy – Calf rearing Otago - Southland 850 NZ Farm Source
Nov - Mar Hospitality Staff (F&B, Baristas, Chefs, Vineyards etc.) Nelson/Marlborough 1000

Restaurant NZ

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Barcats

Nov - Mar Hospitality Staff (F&B, Baristas, Chefs, Vineyards etc.) Hawkes Bay 1500

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Nov - Mar Tourism Activity & Outdoor Guides Hawkes Bay 100+

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Nov - Mar Tourism Activity & Outdoor Guides Northland 100+ GoWithTourism
Nov - Mar Tourism Water Sports & Boat Crew Northland 100+ GoWithTourism
Nov - Mar Hospitality Staff (F&B, Baristas, Chefs etc)) West Coast 150+

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Nov - Feb Tourism Outdoor & Activity Guides West Coast 250+

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Nov - Feb Winemaking Nelson/Marlborough 250+ Wine Jobs online
Nov - Mar Tourism Water Sports & Boat Crew Bay of Plenty 250+

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Nov - Mar Hospitality Staff (F&B, Baristas, Chefs, Vineyards etc.) Northland 250+ GoWithTourism
Nov - Mar Hospitality Staff (F&B, Baristas, Chefs, Vineyards etc.) Martinborough 250+ GoWithTourism
Nov - Mar Tourism Activity & Outdoor Guides Nelson/Marlborough 250+

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Nov - Mar Tourism Water Sports Guides & Boat Crew Nelson/Marlborough 250+

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Adventure Jobs

Nov - Mar Tourism Summer Activity Staff (Guides & Biking) Central Otago 250+

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November Stonefruit thinning Central Otago 450 – 600 Pick NZ
Nov - Mar Tourism Activity & Outdoor Guides Bay of Plenty 500+

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Nov - Mar Tourism Summer Activity Staff Canterbury 500+

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Nov - Mar Strawberry picking and packing Auckland 5,000 Pick NZ
Nov - Apr Pea harvesting Hawkes Bay 100+ Pick NZ
Nov - Apr Pea harvesting Nelson/Marlborough 100 Pick NZ
Nov - Apr Pea harvesting Canterbury 100+ Pick NZ
Nov - Mar Onion harvesting Waikato 500 Pick NZ
Nov - Mar Onion harvesting Auckland 1,000 Pick NZ
Nov - Mar Tourism Activity & Outdoor Guides Wellington 500+ GoWithTourism
Nov - Mar Hospitality Staff (F&B, Baristas, Chefs, Vineyards etc.) Wellington 5,000+ GoWithTourism
Nov - Mar Meat Processing Nelson/Marlborough 100+ Meat Your Career
Nov - May Stone fruit harvest + packing Hawkes Bay 10,000 Pick NZ
Nov - May Berry harvest + packing Hawkes Bay 10,000 Pick NZ
December
W3C Table 1 - Seasonal and casual work available in New Zealand in December
WHEN WHAT WHERE JOBS FIND JOBS
December Blueberry harvest & pack Central Otago 100 Pick NZ
December Vineyard tucking/wire Central Otago 500 Pick NZ
December Apples - harvesting Central Otago 500 Pick NZ
December Grain Harvests Otago - Southland 820 TradeMe
December Milk harvesting Otago - Southland 850

NZ Farm Source Go Dairy

December Sheep -shearing hands Otago - Southland 1000 NZ Shearing
December Cherry harvest & pack Central Otago 4000 Pick NZ
December Meatworks – processing Otago - Southland 5000 Meat Your Career
December Stonefruit thinning Central Otago 450-600 Pick NZ
December - March Blueberry picking and packing Bay of Plenty 1,000+ Pick NZ
December - March Blueberry picking and packing Waikato 1,000 Pick NZ

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