Growing Stronger Rural Businesses
Expert HR and business consulting for Southland and Otago. Based in Winton, serving rural communities with practical, people-focused solutions.
Our Services
Practical, people-focused solutions for rural businesses.
Recruitment
We’re proud to be working alongside with the National Trade Academy to connect the dairy sector with highly trained, visa-qualified workers from around the globe. Through specialised training programs and proper pastoral care, we ensure every candidate is equipped with the skills, knowledge, and dedication needed to thrive in New Zealand’s world-class dairy industry. Together, we’re building a stronger, more sustainable future for farming.
Staff Management and Human Resources
We help businesses build strong, safe, and high-performing teams through tailored people solutions. From onboarding and health and safety systems to performance management, reviews, and mediation, we design practical frameworks that keep your team engaged, compliant, and productive. We also support remuneration structuring and upskilling to attract, retain, and grow talent for long-term success.
Immigration Support
Our partnership with Alpine Immigration and Recruitment provides clients with expert guidance through New Zealand’s immigration processes, from visa applications to residency pathways. We also assist in finding suitable employment opportunities, ensuring immigration and career goals align. With personalized support throughout the journey, clients benefit from streamlined, efficient, and informed migration and recruitment services.
About Us
At Cultivate Partners, we work alongside New Zealand farmers and agribusinesses to help build strong, reliable teams that support long term success.
Founded by George Hazlett, who was born and raised in Drummond and now lives with his family in Winton, Cultivate Partners was created after years of working alongside farmers and rural businesses in Southland. Through this work, George saw and understands the challenges businesses face when it comes to recruitment, HR, navigating immigration and people management. Cultivate Partners exists to support the backbone of New Zealand’s primary industries by helping farmers and agribusinesses grow strong, reliable teams..
George Hazlett
What Our Clients Say
Trusted by rural businesses across Southland and Otago.
HAS Dairies have the pleasure of working with Cultivate Partners for our employment, visa, health and safety briefings and recruitment needs and we could not be more satisfied. George was exceptional throughout all of the processes. His expertise and exceptional service made everything seamless and stress free. He took the time to understand our requirements and provide tailored solutions that truly made a difference for our business. George has helped us immensely through our first year contract milking. We highly recommend Cultivate Partners to anyone looking for reliable support in any of the above areas!
Sam & Hayden
HAS Dairies
Working with George at Cultivate Partners has been an absolute game-changer for us. From our very first conversation, he took the time to truly understand our goals and challenges as a business, making the entire immigration and recruitment process feel seamless and stress-free. His expertise, attention to detail, and genuine care made us feel supported every step of the way. Thanks to George, we not only secured the right person but also felt supported post placement. I can’t recommend him highly enough to anyone looking for a trusted partner in their immigration and recruitment journey.
Bex and Tom
Dairy Farmer's, Southland
George assisted us with finding temporary dairy work while on our working holiday visa. We didn't have experience in the dairy industry and he placed us with a farm that was dedicated to teaching us all we needed to know to be successful. We are enjoying our work experience and are very grateful for how quickly and easily George was able to find the right fit for us. We would recommend using Cultivate Partners to find work for people traveling from overseas as you can be assured it will be a good fit- Thank you George!
Gabe & Rachel
Working Holiday Visa Workers
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