Local Employment

There are many restaurants, cafes, hotels and lodges, plus home stays in this wonderful region. These range from exclusive lodges to everyday cafes. This area is a marvellous place to work if you love water sports and the great outdoors. Palmerston North is a university town so there is also pub work aplenty. The region's economy is based on agriculture (notably sheep), fishing, forestry, and horticulture. It is one of the most important areas of pastoral farming in New Zealand. The region had 7,216,177 sheep (at 30 June 1996), the largest number of sheep in the North Island and the fourth-highest figure in the country behind Canterbury, Southland and Otago. The region also produces a significant proportion of vegetables in the North Island and is particularly noted for its abundant potato crop. A higher than average proportion of businesses are engaged in the agriculture, forestry and fishing industries, 6.3% compared with 4.4% nationally.

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