Apr 11, 2025
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- Sheerwater Farm Manager Position and Velvet Contractor Search
- Job search enquiry
- MetService outlook April 2025
- Joke of the month
- Deer Industry News - Advertise with us
Events
- 2025 Deer Industry conference 2025 - 14 May, Queenstown
Sheerwater Farm Manager Position and Velvet Contractor Search
- Manager appointment - An exciting opportunity for an experienced farm manager or an aspiring senior
stock manager looking to step into a leadership position has become available at Sheerwater Farm. For further information and a detailed job description please click here - Velvet contractor - for this season, Sheerwater Farm are looking for a contract velveter for a period of four months during the season to lead our team. For further information please click here to download the job description.
Job Search Enquiry
Tibeau and Sofia are currently travelling through New Zealand and looking for work in the outdoors. They’re both enthusiastic, hardworking, and always arrive on time with a positive attitude.
They would love the opportunity to work for you — together or separately, as they’ve successfully done both in the past. Coming from the countryside, they’re no strangers to outdoor labour and have experience driving machinery and working with animals. They genuinely enjoy physical work and thrive in nature-based environments.
They can be contacted on 021 179 6528 or Tibeau.norris02@gmail.com.
MetService Outlook - April 2025
As we head deeper into autumn, the weather follows suit with a shift to more unsettled conditions. A potent Tasman Sea low brings a warm and humid northerly flow with heavy rainfall to western and northern regions this week; areas that have seen little meaningful rainfall lately. The significance of this rainfall will depend on smaller-scale frontal features, but the heaviest totals and intensities may cause some issues with very dry soils, particularly for the upper South Island where the bulk of the rain should be focussed. However, for most places this is likely a very welcome return of rainfall after a dry 2025 so far.
Next week sees windy westerlies return across the South Island with brief influxes of rain in the south and west, and smaller amounts elsewhere. High pressure shifts closer to the North Island, with any systems weakening as they move northwards. Temperatures should decrease closer towards the April average, bringing some relief from the warm overnight temperatures in the North Island, although frosty mornings may become more common in the south.
While high pressure is likely to dominate again in the following days, there are hints of a subtropical northerly low nearing mid-month. While the exact track of this system (and whether it will bring another surge of meaningful rain) remain uncertain, the northern regions are most at-risk.
Late April is showing signs of unsettled weather for most places and increased chances of rainfall. Which areas have the best chance of rainfall will depend on the direction of the incoming system, but the month is looking to end much like it began, with a roar.
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Bottom Line: April brings changeable weather, with varying systems delivering a mix of wet and warm conditions with cooler Southern Ocean rains, followed by drier periods with increasing frosts and fog. |
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Source: https://www.metservice.com/rural#monthly-outlook
Joke of the month
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A husband and wife are shopping in their local supermarket. |
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Deer Industry News - Advertise with us
Events
If you have an event that would be of interest to the deer farming industry, please email info@deernz.org with details.
2025 Deer Industry Conference
REGISTRATIONS OPEN
2025 will see the 50th anniversary of the Deer Industry conference which will be hosted in Queenstown on the 14th May.
Rooms have been reserved and are now available to book at The Millennium hotel. Rooms are $295 per night.
When booking, reference the DINZ 2025 Conference to receive the room rate above.
To help plan your travel and attendance please click here for further details - 2025 conference
Thanks to our conference sponsors:
Silver Fern Farms, FMG, Pamu, Agritrade, Alliance, Gallagher, Datamars, First Light, Geraldine ITM, Bayonet, Land Watch New Zealand, PGG Wrightson Seeds, Duncan NZ, Happy Pet, Superior Rubber Surfaces
