Orchard Hand

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at Monavale Blueberries (view profile)
Published 15/10/2026
Location 178 Turkington Road, Cambridge, New Zealand
Category Berries  
Job Type Need Staff Soon  
Number of Roles Available 6
Start Date 2026/10/27
End Date 2026/12/23
Starting Rate $23.95 per hour

Description

Seasonal roles at Monavale offer immersive, meaningful work within a dynamic organic farm environment. Whether harvesting in the fields or supporting production and hospitality, you’ll join a team committed to ethical practices and land stewardship. We welcome workers from near and far to contribute their skills and energy to the life of the orchard.

Our casual workforce typically spans orchard and packhouse roles, but there is some overlap and people will need to be prepared to pitch in where needed.

We are entering our summer management, harvest, and packing phase, and are building our team for contracts within the November-May period.

You can use the form at this link to express interest so we’ll have your details on file, and we may be in touch as required.

Job Requirements

Summer season – October to April

Our orchard roles typically include physical, outdoor horticultural and land-management tasks. You’ll be helping out with:

Weeding
Mowing
Scrubcutting and whipper-snipping
Loading berries
Irrigation maintenance
Plant management and disease prevention
Berry harvesting
General infrastructure maintenance
Our packhouse roles are largely indoors, inside our purpose-built packing shed. You will be involved in:

Grading blueberries using our state-of-the-art equipment
Cleaning to ensure strict organic and food-safe hygiene conditions are upheld
Warehouse and order fulfilment
Washing our picking gear to reuse in the field every day
Sorting and packing berries into freezer-ready packaging
General duties may also include:

Farmers markets stall customer service and sales
Picking fruit and food preparation
If you have supervisory experience/aptitude, you may also be eligible and suitable for a higher-responsibility role as a team leader.