Farm Manager - Waitere Farm

• Competitive salary + health and life insurance 

• Four-bedroom house 

• 3,000 breeding ewes and 1,600 finishing steers 

Step into a well-supported leadership role and help shape the next chapter at Waitere Farm. 

THE OPPORTUNITY 

Following the current Farm Manager’s internal promotion, this is an opportunity to lead a well-established sheep and beef operation and build on a strong foundation of proven performance. 

You’ll bring fresh thinking and a collaborative leadership style, maintaining what is working well while identifying the next opportunities across livestock and pasture performance, farm systems, infrastructure, and long-term planning. 

Leading Waitere means bringing together the people, planning, commercial decisions, and day-to-day operations that keep a farming business performing well. You’ll provide clear direction while staying connected to the practical work happening across the farm. 

You’ll work closely with an experienced Business Manager and be supported by Pāmu’s wider specialist teams across HR, finance, communications, sustainability, and health and safety. You’ll have practical expertise to draw on, along with the trust and autonomy to lead the day-to-day operation and make the decisions that keep the farm performing at a high level. 

This opportunity could suit an experienced Farm Manager or a capable farming leader ready to step into their first Farm Manager role. You’ll understand what drives sustained livestock and pasture performance and be motivated by the opportunity to build on Waitere’s success and help shape its next chapter. 

ABOUT YOU 

You’ll bring broad sheep and beef experience, sound commercial judgement, and an inclusive, practical approach to leadership. You’ll be comfortable planning ahead, supporting your team, and balancing livestock performance with the wider operational needs of an intensive hill country property. 

You’ll bring: 

• A practical leadership style, with a genuine interest in coaching, developing, and bringing people together 

• Experience coordinating contractors, including planning work, making phone calls, managing logistics, and keeping costs on track 

• Good budgeting, forecasting, and planning skills, or the readiness to keep growing in this area 

• A continuous-improvement mindset, with the ability to protect what is working well while identifying the next gains across livestock, pasture, infrastructure, and farm systems 

• A clear commitment to animal welfare, health and safety, and caring for the environment 

• The ability to communicate clearly and work well with a wide range of people 

• Confidence using farm systems, reporting tools, and data to understand performance and make good decisions 

We’re proud to have a supportive and inclusive culture at Pāmu, and we encourage applications from people who share our values – even if you don’t tick every box. 

THE FARM 

Waitere is a large-scale sheep and beef hill country property in the Waitara Valley, covering approximately 2,400 hectares, with 894 hectares effective. The farm runs 3,000 breeding ewes and 1,600 finishing steers, offering a varied farming system with genuine scale and plenty of scope to keep building livestock and pasture performance. 

Located around 26 kilometres from Tutira and 80 kilometres from Napier, Waitere offers the space and lifestyle of rural living while keeping schools, services, and the wider Hawke’s Bay region within reach. With fishing, hunting, and other outdoor recreation nearby, it is an appealing place to build both a farming career and a life beyond the farm. 

ABOUT US 

Pāmu Landcorp Farming Limited is a State-Owned Enterprise with over 110 farms across New Zealand. Our purpose is to lead the delivery of innovative and sustainable agriculture solutions for future generations. 

 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. 

A warm, modern four-bedroom home is provided. 

APPLY NOW 

Applications close midnight Sunday 01 November 2026.  We will be interviewing applicants as they apply. 

For a chat about the role, please contact Jon Douglas, Business Manager on: [email protected]. 

For a copy of the Job Description, please follow this link: https://pamuexternaldocs.pamu.co.nz/2026%20Farm%20Manager%20Livestock%20(II).pdf 

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.