Agriculture New Zealand is a national multi-site Private Training Establishment. We are registered and accredited with the New Zealand Qualifications Authority to deliver approved training courses at levels 1-6 on the National Qualifications Framework. Agriculture New Zealand has been a specialist provider of quality agricultural and horticultural training since 1993. All of our agriculture programmes have been awarded the AgExcel Quality Mark which is endorsed by DairyNZ and Beef + Lamb New Zealand and recognises industry relevant, superior agricultural training.

Agriculture New Zealand is owned by PGG Wrightson, one of New Zealand’s largest agribusinesses, which under various names has served the New Zealand farming industries for well over 100 years. We have skilled staff with qualifications and experience in adult learning and the appropriate discipline who operate out of our 16 permanent locations from Auckland to Invercargill. Our special relationship with farmers throughout New Zealand allows us to provide on-farm training in a commercial farming environment to our students.

Each year our skilled and qualified staff provide training to over 3000 learners throughout New Zealand. Much of the training is delivered in partnership with Telford (a division of Lincoln University), Aoraki Polytechnic and the Western Institute of Technology Taranaki (WITT). We provide training to Landcorp staff throughout New Zealand and deliver the formal training programme on Smedley Station – a long established training farm in the Hawkes Bay.

Our Full-Time Courses are ideal for people starting their agriculture or horticulture careers. These courses are offered at various sites throughout New Zealand:

• Future Farmer
• Destination Dairy
• Introductory Rural Skills (Agriculture and Horticulture)
 

Our Part-Time Courses provide flexible learning options for a wide range of people and include:

• Practical Horticulture
• Go Organic
• Applied Organics
• Riparian Revegetation
• Pasture & Livestock Management (Sustainable Agriculture)
• Go Dairying
• Introductory Farming Skills
• General Farming Skills
• Small Block Holder

Partnerships with Other Providers