Mar 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
Rural Contractors New Zealand in partnership with Nufarm are delighted to announce the Nufarm RCNZ Agri-Chemical Applicator of the year award. The purpose of the award is to recognise an individual who demonstrates excellence in Agri-Chemical application and...
Sep 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
The HanzonJobs app has been updated and is already in use for the 2023/24 season of rural contracting. Its developer Richard Houston says while the core focus remains the work done on the land for rural contractors, the wider benefits of the app are starting to be...
Aug 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Rural Contractors New Zealand Inc (RCNZ) and its UK equivalent, the National Association of Agricultural Contractors (NAAC) have launched a new partnership to try and help solve the labour shortage gap for contractors. ‘Covid and closed borders severed a lot of the...
Jun 21, 2023 | Press Releases, Uncategorized
A 25 year old woman from Pahiatua who gave up working in a local accountancy office was tonight named the Rural Contractors NZ Trainee for 2023. Jessica Bills grew up on her parents dairy farm and her proud parents Gary and Amanda Bills were with her last night at the...
Jun 20, 2023 | Press Releases, Uncategorized
An appeal to address the urban/rural divide was made at the opening day of the Rural Contractors NZ conference in Invercargill. Former RCNZ President, Southland’s John Hughes asked National’s Agriculture & Trade spokesperson Todd McClay to make this a priority,...
Dec 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Since the end of World War II, New Zealand has had nine recessions. I’m not sure any of these previous ones have been engineered by the Reserve Bank – or at least no Governor has so proclaimed responsibility. However, whether shallow, technical or deep,...
