DML — Built from the Ground Up.
Still getting our hands dirty every single day.
Reliable labour hire. Ready-to-roll equipment rental. Expert recruitment. Full-scale horticulture contracting.
All powered from Hawke's Bay soil, delivered to your site today.
How We Got Here
Started from nothing. Stayed honest.
Here's the short version. The long one's on our About page.
One tractor. One ute. One promise.
Started with a handshake agreement and a second-hand tractor. No office, no website — just a phone and a reputation for showing up.
Word spread the honest way.
Growers started calling us because another grower told them to. We never ran an ad. We just did the work.
First crew. First depot.
Took on our first full labour-hire team and opened the Hastings depot. Still the busiest one we have.
One depot. 100+ crew. Same values.
Bigger, but not different. Every grower still gets the same call-back guarantee they did when it was just us two.
What We Do
Four services. One crew you can count on.
Whether it's finding you twenty good hands or running the whole harvest — we've done it before and we'll do it right.
Recruitment
Right people, right paddock, right now.
Permanent and seasonal placements for orchards, vineyards, and packhouses. We know the workers and we know the work.
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Labour Hire
A full crew at your gate — same week, no drama.
Flexible, fully-vetted seasonal workers deployed when the weather says go. We carry the compliance, you get the output.
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Equipment Rentals
Our fleet. Your paddock. Done.
Platforms, sprayers, forklifts, bins, and more — maintained to a standard you'd expect from people who use them every day.
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Horticulture Contracting
Full-orchard. Soup to nuts. We've got the lot.
Thinning, pruning, harvest, coolstore logistics — one contractor, one invoice, zero headaches.
Learn moreWhy Growers Choose Us
No fluff. Just what growers actually care about.
We show up. Every time.
Our call-back guarantee is 2 hours, and our on-site guarantee is next-day. No excuses, no voicemails.
Fully compliant so you don't have to be.
Visa checks, H&S inductions, PPE, payroll — all handled. You're covered the moment our crew steps on your property.
One depot means we're already close.
From Hastings to the coast, our local depot is near your gate. Faster response, lower callout costs.
Our gear is actually maintained.
Every machine is serviced on a fixed schedule. You'll never find one of our platforms stuck in your row at 7am.
We know our workers — personally.
We don't scrape a database. We know who's reliable, who's fast, and who you'll want back next season.
Someone always answers.
After hours, weekends, frost emergencies — you'll reach a real person who knows your orchard.
Don't take our word for it
What Hawke's Bay growers actually say.
“I've used four different contractors in twenty years. DML are the only ones who show up when they say they will, with the people they promised. That's it — that's everything.”
“When the frost hit in October and we needed forty bodies the next morning, DML answered at 11pm. Had a crew at the gate by 5am. I don't know how they do it, but I stopped asking.”
“Equipment's always clean, always serviced. If something does go sideways they're on the phone before I even notice. It's the level of care you can't buy — it's earned.”
“I've been with DML since they were just two guys and a ute. Watched them grow and never once saw the quality drop. If anything it got better. That tells you everything about who they are.”
Our Depot
Local depot. Local crew. Local speed.
We're already near your gate — one depot, one team, one fast response from Hastings.
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Let's get the job done right.
Tell us what you need and we'll have someone back to you within 2 hours. That's the DML guarantee.
No obligation. No pushy sales calls. Just a straight answer.