Possible Jobs in New Zealand
New Zealand is one of the only countries in the world that has too few people for the amount of jobs that there are. At New Zealand’s embassy home page one will always find articles about the continuing “labour shortage” – there are constantly numerous open job possibilities.
People with specialized skills are always in high demand. There are also a great number of open jobs for transient workers, such as a waiter in a café or a harvest hand on a vineyard. Therefore everybody can come to New Zealand and work, the more the better.
Underneath you will find the following links to the various job opportunities that our offered through Work and Travel in New Zealand. The following areas are not the only jobs that you can find. For example there are positions in post delivery, farm work, bus driving for hostels, fishing, working as a cashier, or translating. There are also promotion- jobs or car washing jobs to earn some money.
In New Zealand there are more sheep than residents. It is estimated that there are around 18 million sheep there. It is not too difficult to understand why their motto is: Pure Nature.
This is especially true in the South Island where the innumerable National Parks, secluded farms, and romantic wine mountains offer young people interesting and engaging ways to learn the area and find exciting work.
WWOOF
Our service packet for New Zealand travellers comes with an exclusive WWOOF membership! WWOOF stands for “Willing Workers On Organic Farms”.
As a member you are entitled to work at a Bio-Farm, where in return for your services you will receive housing accommodations and meals. The organic farms lie in unspoiled regions in New Zealand.
As a member you will receive our book which has all of the up to date contact details of the all the participating farms.
As soon as you are in New Zealand simply sit down with your “hosts” and discuss where and when you would like to work.
Farm Working New Zealand
Working as a Cowboy or Cowgirl on a farm in New Zealand offers maybe the most intense nature experience possible. Housing accommodations, meals, and good wages are all included.
You could expect to help with all areas of the farm. For example, you could work with the animals like the sheep or cattle or even with the horses but machine maintenance is also possible.
A job at a farm consists of some hard manual labour but most of it takes place in the open air and so it is necessary that the workers have high fitness and good stamina. Above all it’s great to see people that already have strong manual skills.
You should prepare yourself, that depending on the season you could find yourself working more than 8 hours a day and also working on the weekends.
There is also a job for those that are ready to get their hands dirty and work an unforgettable outdoor adventure and experience the time of your life!
Waiting Tables in New Zealand
New Zealand’s cities offer you many opportunities and possibilities to make money quickly. Whoever can boast of some practical experience has the clear advantage. And whoever has already worked as a waiter will certainly have a multitude of job offers.
Sheep Shearing in New Zealand
Have an incomparable experience in wide open nature. Help and learn the life of living on a sheep farm!
Sheep shearing is exactly like any normal job on a farm in that it requires hard physical work.
Therefore endurance and fitness are very important aspects that you would need to be able to bring to your work.
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Next to the shearing you could also work on driving the sheep in and out or also you could work with the sorting of the wool.
Hotel Receptionist in New Zealand
A positive attitude is the most important requirement for this job because handling tourists with friendliness is the corner stone of tourism. Your job would be to greet and register the guests like that of a concierge, a helpful attitude concerning questions and problems and also the handling of telephone calls would be needed.
An apprenticeship is not necessary but it would of course boost one’s chances. However, English and previous knowledge would be very helpful.
It is not always possible to live at one’s work place therefore good payment and the offer to sleep at the nearest hostel is always a good choice.
These types of jobs can be found across the nation. Certainly pay attention to the high and low season times. Work groups and time can also vary. Shifts and service on the weekend and holidays are also common for this branch of work.
Grape Picking in New Zealand
In many of the diverse regions of New Zealand work at vineyards is offered.
For these open air job opportunities work experience is normally necessary, this could be hanging around a company and taking part in different activities.
The season last from around February till the end of April.
Harvest Hand in New Zealand
Do you have fun working outside in nature? Do you have no fear in tackling the ruggedness of Mother Nature? Then the job of working the large fruit and vegetable farms is right for you!
After every season the fruit and vegetable farms harvest, pick, plant, sort or pack their specific goods.
A work day constitutes eight to ten hours. The combination of bugs and strong sun rays makes up the work day. The sun’s rays are much more intense compared to how it is in Germany. You should never forget a sun hat, sunglasses, and sun block lotion.
The stress and the pain is worthwhile though. One can make around 12 dollars per hour. In one day you could make between 100 and 200 dollars and after you’ve learned to overcome the initial muscle aches you will have a firm grip of what is going on at work.
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