Employment
Immigration changes a Ministerial misstep?
Federated Farmers seek clarity over new work visa rules.
Biosecurity to bear brunt of MPI job cuts – PSA
Union fears more redundancy rounds will follow.
Jobs cull gets underway at Ministry
Consultations begin at MPI to cut hundreds of positions as per govt savings request.
No end in sight to farm labour pains
Ag has to work harder to recruit and retain staff, economist warns.
Applications open for Rabobank grad programme
Agribusiness bank puts out call for candidates eyeing career in field.
Sector encouraged to be ‘disability confident’ employers
Government is calling for disability barriers to be lowered for people with all types of disabilities when it comes to employment.
Fonterra appoints strategy and optimisation MD
The role will include portfolio and asset management using analytics to inform decision-making.
Staff squeeze hits regions as ministry swells
Environment ministry doubles in four years but shortage of experienced people is pushing up salaries.
Days of relying on cheap migrant labour are gone
Addressing New Zealand’s ongoing labour crisis was a key topic at the Primary Industries of NZ Summit in Auckland this month.
Labour costs put squeeze on kiwifruit
The world is facing a food crisis, but how can New Zealand farmers help? Rising costs mean producers here are struggling to maintain margins and production. Over the next few days, Farmers Weekly will cover key challenges within the primary sector and how some are navigating it.
Grab your gumboots and go dairy
Kiwis are being encouraged to join the dairy sector, as one-third of dairy farms seek to fill vacancies…
New initiative aims to fill worker shortages
A new initiative, Ag Work NZ, will try to entice more people to New Zealand and into farm…
Dairy sector launches new workforce plan
The dairy sector has unveiled a new plan to attract workers over the next decade. The Great Futures…
PGF gets a pass mark
The Government is hailing the $3 billion Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) as a success, saying it has created…
Labour issues in sector’s hands – Parker
The primary sector needs to find better, long-lasting solutions to its labour shortages because it will no longer…
Pay boost for shearers
The New Zealand Shearing Contractors’ Association (NZSCA) has announced that pay rates for key roles in the shearing…
Fruit volumes sliced in harvest
Two of the country’s most significant horticultural crops have been caught out with lower than expected harvests, leaving…
Reset leaves same labour issues
The Government’s immigration reset will have minimal impact on the labour-short primary sector, observers say. Vets are the…
Upskilling on the job is key
Learning needs to happen at the right time so knowledge is fresh and able to be used practically…
Exile on Main Street
Farmers Weekly journalists Richard Rennie and Neal Wallace investigate how two different districts, Opotiki and Gore, are trying to encourage new workers and address an ageing workforce while facing a static or falling population.
Opotiki labour predictions no cause for concern
Officials charged with boosting rural employment in the Opotiki district doubt predictions the district will suffer a labour…
Locals need schools to match jobs
The primary sector has some challenges to overcome about how it is perceived before it can successfully engage…
Tough road for kiwifruit’s eastern BoP growth
Long-time Opotiki kiwifruit grower and contractor Brett Wooten is finding this season more challenging than ever over harvest,…
Filling vacancies still a challenge
Gore has 90 job vacancies, a problem that is becoming more pronounced and shows no sign of going…
Sector forced to get by with fewer workers
Dairy farmers are giving up trying to recruit new workers, says a Southland farmer. Jason Herrick, who farms…
A vocation worth promoting
The head of one of the country’s largest transport groups is urging the education system to promote vocational…
Industry jobs still a hard sell
The days of advertising job vacancies and then sifting through the applicants are gone for large rural employers…
SFF rises to the challenge
A bid to reduce the impact of labour shortages by lifting wages cost Silver Fern Farms Ltd an…
Supply chain logistics disruptions continue
An anticipated return to normal global supply chains looks unlikely in the near-term due to port congestion in Europe from uncleared containers caught up in trade sanctions against Russia.
Farm employees getting higher salaries
Salaries in the primary sector have risen by a weighted average of 14% over the past two years, according to a remuneration survey conducted by Rabobank and Federated Farmers.
Finding the right fit for your dairy team
Richard McIntyre: Federated Farmers dairy vice-chairperson Richard McIntyre says prospective contract milkers should take the time to find…
Staff more than a resource
Finding staff is getting difficult but farmers could implement strategies to attract and retain people to the dairy industry.
Extra migrant workers welcomed by primary sector
Primary sector groups are welcoming an extra 1580 international workers being allowed into the country by the Government.
Farmers team up to make dairying attractive
A webinar will give farmers insights into how they can attract and retain farm staff in the difficult labour market.
Close call highlights necessity for on-farm covid plan
A sharemilking couple whose staff member become a close covid-19 contact are backing calls for farmers to create a plan in case they get a positive case in their bubble.
Farmers urged to reduce covid risk
Community leaders fear a surge of covid infection in rural communities as holidaymakers disperse around the country over summer, stretching health services and leaving farms and businesses without staff.
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