Valued Employers

1. What motivates your company to support employees who volunteer with Land Search and Rescue.

PGG Wrightson (PGW) is proud to support Land Search and Rescue, as it is a vital service that helps everyone in New Zealand. We support team members who dedicate their time to training and responding to emergency situations because we believe in Land Search and Rescue’s mission to ensure everyone comes home safe.

2. How does backing Land Search and Rescue fit with what your company stands for?

As a nationwide business supporting the rural sector, PGW understands the importance of planning when visiting remote areas of New Zealand. Our teams across the motu are often visiting clients in isolated areas, and common activities of staff outside of work include tramping, hunting, and fishing—getting amongst the natural beauty of Aotearoa. We take preparedness and safety seriously, and strongly support building search and rescue skills in the regions we live, work, and explore. 

3. Do you have any cool stories or successes from supporting Land Search and Rescue that you can share?

We value the services that Land Search and Rescue groups throughout New Zealand provide, so when we can, we aim to ensure staff who volunteer can attend call outs. One of our Technical Horticultural Representatives, Aaron Thompson is a Land Search and Rescue volunteer in Marlborough and has been involved for about 8 years.

He said “I’m really pleased that PGW is supporting Land Search and Rescue on a national level, as there are many synergies between the two organisations, especially the rural aspect. PGW has always been supportive towards my involvement with Land Search and Rescue. The timings of call outs can be a bit tricky since I’m in a sales role—it’s just a case of keeping up good comms with my manager Nick and letting him know what’s going on. Sometimes I just can’t go on a call out due to work timings and other commitments, but that’s fine as I know there are awesome people in our local group good to go.”