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Seasonal Work in New Zealand

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  • 03-03-2009 12:49am
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    lemon_of_old
    Registered Users Posts: 232 ✭✭


    Hi guys,

    I know there've been a few general threads on here about fruitpicking and such, but I couldn't find anything specific for seasonal work in NZ, so thought I'd start a new thread to get some specific into.

    Basically, despite landing a job in Wellington I've decided that it's still going to cost me more money than it's worth to live here, and I will not be able to save a penny. Minimum wage for 30 - 32 hours per week minus tax brought me a nice lump sum of $300. Minus $140 for rent and I'm broke. So I'm going to jump on a ferry and head to the south island this weekend in search of grapes that need picking,pruning and packing.

    If anybody has done some form of seasonal work in the marlborough/nelson area, it'd be great to get some pointers as to where to stay and look for a job around this time of year. I'm thinking blenheim is a good place to start, but have contacted a few vineyards and they're not taking on people for another month or 2 months, or already have enough staff.

    So if anyone has any experiences, tips, good hostels they stayed in or even contacts it would be very much appreciated!

    Thanks guys.


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    #2
    pclancy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,940 ✭✭✭pclancy


    There's quite a few places between nelson and the abel tasman park like Motueka that have a lot of fruit growing farms. I'd highly recommend the Hatrick backpackers in Motueka that's quite new and well setup. http://www.hattricklodge.co.nz/index.php

    Is it not a bad time of year for this stuff though considering we're entering autumn?


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