On Tuesday we welcomed a keen bunch of students to our Auckland-based office for Workchoice Day, organised by the Workchoice Trust. The aim of the trust is to equip school leavers with the tools to make an informed choice about their future.

Students from Auckland Girls' Grammar and Howick College spent the day listening, learning and asking heaps of questions about what we do and how we do it. Some of our team gave them the low-down on their personal journeys, and how they eventually landed here at Trade Me.

You can see photos of their time here by checking out our Trade Me Jobs Facebook page.  More...

We’re always looking for ways to improve how items are categorised on Trade Me, to better connect buyers and sellers in our marketplace.

As part of that work, we have made a number of changes to the Farming category to better reflect the range of products available. We’ve added a number of new categories and have taken the opportunity to update some of the category labels. In particular, we’ve brought in new categories for:

- Dairy and milking equipment
- Fertilising & pest control
- Hay making
- Livestock health & management
- Pasture & lawn maintenance
- Planting
- Soil cultivation
- Trailers & transportation More...

You may have noticed Kevin the Kiwi sporting a pink shirt today – he’s celebrating Pink Shirt Day, an annual event celebrated throughout New Zealand and around the world.

Pink Shirt Day is aimed at raising awareness about the power to prevent bullying. Its goal is to reduce bullying by celebrating diversity and promoting the development of positive social relationships. For more about Pink Shirt Day, check out the website.

Our staffers here at Trade Me are getting involved too by donning their pink shirts today; keep an eye out on our Facebook page for a picture. If you’d like to share a pic of you and your friends or colleagues wearing your pink shirts, feel free to post it on our Facebook page.

We’re always looking for ways to improve how items are categorised on Trade Me, to better connect buyers and sellers in our marketplace.

As part of that work, we are making a number of changes to the Farming category to better reflect the range of products available. We’re adding a number of new categories and taking the opportunity to update some of the category labels. In particular, we’re bringing in new categories for:

- Dairy and milking equipment
- Fertilising & pest control
- Hay making
- Livestock health & management
- Pasture & lawn maintenance
- Planting
- Soil cultivation
- Trailers & transportation More...

Just a heads up that Trade Me is going to be unavailable between 2:30am and 3:30am tomorrow morning for scheduled maintenance and upgrades. All auctions that are due to close between 2:30am and 4:30am will be extended by two hours.

We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.