Dairy Farm Assistant - Totara Dairy

• Join a collaborative - supportive team

• Competitive salary

• Health and life insurance

Well-established farm just ten minutes from Westport 

THE OPPORTUNITY

Join the high-performing team at Totara Dairy and gain hands-on experience across all areas of modern dairy farming. You’ll assist with tasks from milking, calving, and feeding stock, to effluent management, spraying, and fencing, while learning the skills that come with working on a larger-scale operation - including shed and animal health management, mating plans, and moving stock with Halter technology.

This is a hands-on role for someone with a passion for farming, and a desire to grow their career in a collaborative, supportive environment.

THE FARM

Totara Dairy is a high-performing, well-established farm just ten minutes from Westport. Set across 480 effective hectares, we milk 1,100 cows through a modern 60-bale rotary shed equipped with milk hub technology, automatic cup removers, and automatic teat spraying.

This is a progressive operation with strong systems, a focus on environmental responsibility, and a commitment to continual improvement.

The farm is part of a wider complex of five Pāmu farms in Westport, it currently operates a 6 and 2 roster.

ABOUT YOU

You’re enthusiastic, hands-on, and ready to contribute to the team’s success. You’re eager to learn, develop your skills, and make a real impact on the farm. Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Experience in a similar dairy farming role, or a strong interest in developing one

• Good communication skills and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team

• A proactive attitude, with initiative and a commitment to animal welfare and health & safety

• The ability to support, coach, and mentor junior or new staff when needed

• A current NZ restricted or full driver’s licence

We’re proud to have a supportive and inclusive culture at Pāmu. If this role sounds like a good fit for you, but you don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.   

BENEFITS

We care about your wellbeing - that’s why we offer health and life insurance, enhanced parental leave benefits, and up to 4% KiwiSaver matching as part of a competitive salary package. You’ll also receive an extra day of leave over Christmas, along with ongoing training and development to help you thrive. 

This role comes with a three-bedroom home.

APPLY NOW

Applications close midnight Sunday 12 July 2026, we will be contacting applicants as they apply.

For more details about this opportunity, please contact Farm Manager Rudolph Stoop on [email protected]

To be eligible for this role, you must be available for an in-person interview and have unrestricted legal rights to work in New Zealand. We are unable to accept applicants on temporary work visas for permanent opportunities.

Pāmu provides a safe workplace and the successful applicant will be required to pass a drug and alcohol test and undergo a criminal background check prior to being appointed.  

Our values are core to who we are at Pāmu and the way that we all work together.  We are Grounded, Genuine, Bold, and Shoulder-to-Shoulder. To read more, click on this link to see them on our website. To see what it's like to work in our Dairy team, click on this link to see A Day In The Life of a Dairy Assistant at Pāmu, or to learn about what our Livestock team is all about, click on this link to see A Day In The Life of a Shepherd at Pāmu.

Pāmu is the brand name for Landcorp Farming Limited, and successful applicants will be employed by Landcorp Farming Limited.