www.picknz.co.nz www.picknz.co.nz
or Free Call (within New Zealand only) or Free Call (within New Zealand only)
0800 PICKNNZ (0800 742 569) 0800 PICKNNZ (0800 742 569)
Contacts Contacts
These contacts will help you find jobs and These contacts will help you find jobs and
provide information on accommodation options. provide information on accommodation options.
• Harvest fruit, vegetables and wine grapes Those with a WHS permit who have already worked for 3 months in the
Bay of Plenty Office
• Pack and sort fruit and vegetables horticulture/viticulture industry in NZ can extend their permit for a further 3
Email: bayofplenty@picknz.co.nz
Auckland months. This means that if you work in horticulture or viticulture, you can
Ph: +64 7 579 6117 • Prune fruit trees and grape vines
• Maintain crops; summer pruning, planting vegetables, thinning fruit extend your stay in NZ to 15 months (26 months for the UK).
Hawkes Bay Office Bay of Plenty
Email: hawkesbay@picknz.co.nz The peak months for seasonal work are November to June (see table Visitors to New Zealand who do not hold a New Zealand Passport or a
Ph: +64 6 870 8540
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Waikato below) though there is work available at other times of year. For up-to-date
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Wairarapa Office Hawkes Bay the Regional Coordinator on 0800 PICKNZ (0800 742 569) before travelling to
Email: wairarapa@picknz.co.nz Visitors interested in applying for work permits should make enquiries at
a region for work.
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Ph: +64 6 370 9208 the nearest New Zealand Embassy or Immigration New Zealand Office.
There is work outdoors in orchards, vineyards and vegetable fields or indoors Information is available through the website www.immigration.govt.nz.
Wairarapa in packhouses, grading sheds and coolstores. Those already in New Zealand can phone the Immigration Contact Centre on
(free phone) 0508 55 88 55 or one of the seasonal work offices on
Nelson No previous experience is needed, and you will get on-the-job training.
Wellington 0800 PICK NZ (0800 742 569).
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Hawkes Bay
Wairarapa
Marlborough Office
Email: marlborough@picknz.co.nz Nelson
Ph: +64 3 577 8440 Marlborough
Canterbury
Central Otago Office
Email: centralotago@picknz.co.nz Central Otago
Ph: +64 3 440 2028
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