Aerial view of crop rows stretching to the hills at golden hour

Our Story

Built on Hawke's Bay work, for Hawke's Bay people.

Who We Are

The work is the story.

DML is a locally owned and operated Hastings business. Our core work is people. We recruit, employ, and run seasonal crews for Hawke's Bay orchards, vineyards, and packhouses, doing the pruning, thinning, picking, and packing across apples, grapes, and kiwifruit.

That work taught us what this region rewards: turning up, doing the job properly, and being straight with people. Growers don't care about slogans. They care about the crew being at the gate when the season demands it, so that's the standard we run everything on.

Over time, the same approach grew into the rest of what we do. The gear we use ourselves became equipment you can hire. The crews we trust became workers we place with other employers. And because a good lawn round comes down to showing up week after week, we mow too, from home lawns in Hastings and Napier to commercial grounds and lifestyle blocks.

We're not a national corporation that decided Hawke's Bay looked like a good market. We live here, our workers live here, and our reputation rides on every job we take. That's the whole pitch: local people doing reliable work, at a fair price, with no spin.

Want to know if we can help with your job? Call +64 21 746 452  and ask. You'll get a straight answer either way.

Hand holding a freshly picked red apple in an orchard

Our working year

The year turns. So does the work.

Our crews follow the Hawke's Bay season. Winter is pruning, spring is thinning, autumn is harvest and packhouse work, and the lawns keep going all year. Here is the whole year, month by month.

Right now

Winter: winter pruning across the Bay.

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Summer

JANlawn rounds and orchard upkeep
FEBlawn rounds across the Bay
DEClawn rounds and orchard upkeep

Autumn

MARapple picking and packhouse crews
APRapple and grape harvest
MAYlate apples and kiwifruit picking

Winter

JUNapple, grape and kiwifruit pruning
JULwinter pruning across the Baythis month
AUGpruning, finishing before bud

Spring

SEPthinning and early orchard work
OCTthinning apples, lawns picking up
NOVthinning and the first lawn rounds

Work with us, on either side of the fence.

Need a crew, a mow, or a machine? Or looking for seasonal work yourself? Both start with one message.

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