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Looking for your next challenge? Combine top stockmanship, horsemanship and leadership at iconic Smedley Station. Enjoy the lifestyle and community of Tikokino, Hawke’s Bay. Excellent opportunity to further develop your leadership & management skills. Join one of NZ’s leading cadet training farms with a strong industry reputation. Your Future Workplace Established through a bequest from Josiah Howard in 1919, Smedley Station was gifted to the Crown to operate as a commercial farming enterprise while providing practical farming training for young people. Today, Smedley is recognised as a leading training farm focused on developing the next generation of skilled farmers.   The station is administered by the Public Trust, with guidance from the Howard Estate Advisory Board on farming operations and the cadet training programme. Located in Tikokino, Central Hawke’s Bay, Smedley spans 5,600ha (3,400ha effective), winters approximately 30,000 stock...

Rewa Rewa Station is a 1,000ha hill country breeding property (650ha effective) in an active growth and development phase. Alongside the traditional sheep and beef operation, the farm runs an on-farm wool mill producing yarn and fabric from a purpose-bred coloured flock, and welcomes visitors year-round through farm stays, craft days, and guided tours. We’re looking for an experienced Farm Manager to take full operational leadership of the sheep and beef side of the business as it continues to develop and modernise. The Operation 650ha effective of mostly steep Wairarapa hill country, running: • 2,400 Romney breeding ewes plus replacements  • 110 Angus breeding cows plus replacements  • 350 coloured sheep — Corriedale, Polwarth, and Gotland breeds, farmed specifically for fibre • A small number of alpacas and cashmere goats Farm records and day-to-day management are run through FarmIQ. Business planning and setting performance targets is carried out in conjunction...

With the business continuing to grow and develop we are looking for an Experienced Shepherd to join the team at Flagstaff Station. You’ll get to work across a diverse landscape on this farm, from high country to rolling hills and productive river flats. Flagstaff Station Holdings is a progressive farming business established in 2023, farming 3,500ha across two diverse properties in Northern Southland. We run 28,000 stock units of sheep, beef, deer, and cereal cropping, with operations split between our high-country farm Flagstaff Station in Athol, and Tower Ridge, an intensive finishing block near Balfour. Key duties include: General day-to-day stock work across all our stock classes – sheep, beef and deer Mustering and dog work Grazing management and pasture monitoring Stock movements and seasonal operations General farm maintenance and infrastructure upkeep We are looking for someone who: Has sound livestock knowledge, proven stockmanship and a team of...

The Hillcrest Group is on the search for an experienced Dairy/Beef Drystock Manager to join  their business. The drystock farm plays an important part in supporting the wider farming  business through providing high quality heifers to the dairy farm, wintering its cows and  creating value through a beef operation.   Reporting to the farm owners, this is an exciting opportunity to put your skills to the test with  the autonomy to get the job done knowing support from the farm owners and wider business  is there when you need it.    Big on family values, this is a well-established farming business that looks after its people  which is reflected in this role previously bring held for 6 years, our General Farmhand/Fencer  has been with us for 14 years. The Hillcrest group proudly run a self-contained system and  are progressive in their farming practices.    The Farm:  • 650ha effective.  • Carrying 380 R2 heifers and 380 R1 heifers.  • Finishing Friesian bulls 400, 200 which are...