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Opportunity from Tainui Group Holdings

Dairy Farm Assistant

Join Tainui Group Holdings We’re after an energetic Dairy Farm Assistant to support daily farm operations milking, calving, feed planning, and animal health while promoting environmental care, health & safety, and teamwork. You’ll also help grow junior staff and be part of a close-knit, supportive team.

Looking for an opportunity in a fast-paced, purpose-driven organisation? Tainui Group Holdings is a close-knit, inclusive team with a strong culture. Led by our values, we believe in flexibility and building strong connections in a high trust environment.

Moohou teenei paamu | About the farm:
Mangatea Dairy Farm is one of three dairy farms owned and managed by TGH, milking 550 spring calving cows on 170 ha of flat to rolling whenua located in Tauhei, Waikato. Ensuring quality milk production and efficiency, you’ll be working with a 44 a-side herringbone shed with automatic cup removers, on a high input system 4 dairy farm.

Moohou teenei tuuranga | About the role:
If you’re keen to work on iwi-owned whenua, love working with animals, and want to kick-start a career in dairy farming, this is the perfect role for you. With a can-do attitude and willingness to work hard, you’ll help with the day-to-day operations of Mangatea Dairy Farm, whilst delivering excellent business outcomes in line with our environmental, social, cultural and commercial objectives. Working closely with the Dairy farm team, you will:

Carry out on-farm milking task safely and efficiently
Assist with animal handling, health, and welfare
Assist with weed control, feeding stock and pasture allocation
Assist with the operation and maintenance of the effluent management system
Actively contribute to a health, safety, and wellbeing culture
Help support an engaged team in line with company and tribal values.

Moohou ake | About you:
With the ability to be a team player and work on your own, your willingness to learn, follow instructions, punctuality, reliability, along with your can-do attitude to get the job done will make a huge impression on us! Just as important, we’re looking for a motivated individual with strong team ‘fit’, lots of energy and a desire to succeed. We’re looking for someone who can join our team from 2 June 2026.

Taatou tuuruapoo | Our why:
As kaitiaki of the commercial assets of Waikato-Tainui, we have a strong connection to our purpose to create intergenerational wealth for our iwi. We have diverse assets, including real estate, natural resources, infrastructure, private equities, and global equities. Together, we work as a whaanau who understands what it means to manaaki. We genuinely care about our team, have a passion for what we do and take pride in our achievements.

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About Tainui Group Holdings

Tainui Group Holdings is the commercial entity of Waikato-Tainui. Our role is to build the economic wealth of our iwi by growing and protecting investments in whenua and other assets. Profits are used to fund the social, cultural, educational, health and environment programmes of our iwi.

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