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New Zealand Supplementary Seasonal Jobs

Supplementary Seasonal Employers can recruit temporary visa holders already in New Zealand to plant, maintain, harvest or pack crops when there are not enough New Zealanders available to do the work. You can apply for a Supplementary Season Employment work visa to work for a Supplementary Seasonal Employer.
Supplementary Accredited Seasonal Employers

  • AR Labour Contracting Limited

  • Balle Bros Growers Limited

  • CAJ & EM Van Der Voort Limited

  • Garcia Contracting Services Limited

  • Garcia Contracting Services Limited

  • GREEN GROW LIMITED

  • Horticultural Hire Company Limited

  • J Ryan Contracting Limited

  • Motueka Berries Limited

  • P H Kinzett Limited

  • PAENGAROA HORTICULTURE LIMITED

  • Papamoa Horticulture Limited

  • Parkburn Management Ltd

  • Pukemapu Services Ltd

  • Riverland Fruit Company Ltd

  • RIVERLOCK PACKHOUSE LIMITED

  • Riverway Limited

  • Roberts Farming Company Ltd

  • Trident Limited

  • Vine Grow Limited

  • Viticultura Contracting Limited

  • Waimea Nurseries

  • Wall Horticultural Services Limited

  • Wratten Orchards Limited

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Recruit overseas workers who are already in New Zealand to plant, maintain, harvest, or pack crops in peak seasons when there is more demand for labour than there are New Zealanders to do the work. Employ overseas workers who are already in New Zealand and have a Supplementary Seasonal Employment (SSE) Visa.

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RSE visa holders from most countries are allowed to stay in New Zealand for a maximum time of 7 months in any 11-month period.

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Horticulture and viticulture employers with RSE status can employ seasonal workers from the nine Pacific nations to work in New Zealand for up to seven months over an 11-month period. For Kiribati and Tuvalu, it is up to nine months over an 11-month period.

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Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE)

Horticulture and viticulture employers with RSE status can employ seasonal workers from the nine Pacific nations to work in New Zealand for up to seven months over an 11-month period.  For Kiribati and Tuvalu, it is up to nine months over an 11-month period.

RSE participating Pacific countries including Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

The scheme has seen the flow of much needed cash and skills back to workers’ homelands, while New Zealand employers appreciate the benefit of having reliable workers, some of whom continue to return since the inception of the scheme in 2007.

Recognised Seasonal Employer Limited Visa

On the Recognised Seasonal Employer Limited Visa you can come to New Zealand for a short time to work in our horticulture and viticulture industries. You must have a job offer from a Recognised Seasonal Employer before you apply.

Length of stay

See below

Age range

18 and over

Quota

Each year

19,500

Cost

From

NZD $325

Processing time

80% within

1 week

Things to note

  • You cannot apply for any other kind of visa while you hold a Recognised Seasonal Employer Limited Visa.

  • You must leave New Zealand before your visa expires — you cannot appeal to the Immigration and Protection Tribunal to stay in New Zealand.

  • You cannot include your partner or dependent children in your visa application.

  • Your maximum stay varies depending on date of arrival in New Zealand. Citizens of Tuvalu and Kiribati who also live there can stay an extra 2 months.

  • Work for a Recognised Seasonal Employer in our horticulture and viticulture industries

https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/visas/visa/recognised-seasonal-employer-limited-visa
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