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No8HR is a human resources and recruitment agency specialising in the rural and agribusiness sectors. Based in the Waikato, No8HR serves clients throughout New Zealand. We have a proven track record delivering a range of people services including on-farm recruitment, professional and executive role recruitment, human resources advice including contracts, employment policy and health and safety consulting, training programme delivery and business advice. We're here to help - get in touch today. 

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RECRUITMENT

From exciting on-farm roles to professional recruitment and executive recruitment, No8HR can help you to find great people and save you time and effort. See more. 

LEADERSHIP, CULTURE AND WELLBEING

Our business and leadership specialists are experts in strategic and people planning, governance planning and strategic advisor selection, leadership transition and succession. See more. 

HUMAN RESOURCES

From contracts and employment policies to other employment documentation, receive expert online, telephone and face to face support to help you lead your team and get the most out of them. See more. 

TRAINING

Achieve behavioural change and maximise the performance of your team and your business with our training workshops and customised training options. See more. 

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Calving is Busy. It Shouldn't Be a Test of Endurance

Every dairy farmer knows calving is demanding. Early starts, broken sleep, unpredictable call-outs, cold weather and a relentless list of jobs come with the territory.  But there is a differenceRead more

New Team Members? The First 30 Days Matter

For many dairy farming businesses, 1 June marks the start of a new employment relationship. The employment agreement is signed, the move is done, the new team member has arrived, and everyone isRead more

Same Team, New Season - Still Worth a Reset

Not every farm has new people arriving on 1 June. Some teams roll into the new season with the same familiar faces, the same houses occupied, the same roster, and the same people doing largely the saRead more

Calling it Casual Doesn't Make it Casual

As the new season gets underway, many farms bring extra people into the business — relief milkers, calf rearers, casual helpers, family members, neighbours, students, or people who can “just helpRead more

The Psychological Contract: What Sits Beneath the Surface

For many dairy farming businesses, June marks the start of new employment arrangements. Whether you’re welcoming fresh faces to the farm or stepping long-serving team members into new roles, it’sRead more

When Technology Becomes a People Story

There’s a certain way we talk about technology in farming. Usually, it gets framed as progress. More efficient. Less labour. Better outcomes. And to be fair, a lot of that stacks up. Halter isRead more

Early Conversations Can Prevent Bigger Problems Later

Why dealing with concerns early is often the best way to stop them becoming something bigger. As we touched on in the previous article, employment issues do not always begin with one major event.Read more

When Things Start to Fray

Why employment issues can start to rise when pressure, fatigue and uncertainty begin to build. Over the past little while, we have noticed a bit of a spike in employment relations issues comingRead more

Job Hunting? Get Your Ducks in a Row First!

When people are looking for a new role, there is often a strong focus on the job itself — what it pays, where it is, what the hours are, whether it feels like the right next step. All important, ofRead more

Contract Milking Agreements

The new contractor “gateway test” (in force from 21 February 2026) is designed to give more certainty when the arrangement clearly looks and behaves like contracting from the start. If theRead more

Employment Relations Law Changes: what you need to know

A set of changes to the Employment Relations Act are now live. The goal is to make some parts of employment law clearer and reduce “gotchas”, while still requiring employers to act fairly and inRead more

Training Your Trainers - Why it Matters on Farm

When it comes to training on farm, the biggest mistakes often happen when the trainer isn’t equipped to teach properly. And in most farming businesses, your trainers are the owners, managers, or 2IRead more

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