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4 Day Week Companies in New Zealand

Browse 7+ companies in New Zealand offering 4-day weeks, 9-day fortnights, and reduced hours—for a better work-life balance. 2+ open roles.

7
Companies
32.0
Avg Hrs/Week
25
Avg Vacation Days
85/100
Work-Life Score

7 companies

Perpetual Guardian logo

Perpetual Guardian

81 · Great

New Zealand\'s largest trustee organisation with 135+ years of fiduciary expertise — pioneering the four-day work week with founder Andrew Barnes since 2018.

4 Day Work WeekHybrid32h/week134 employees
2 open positionsView company
CloudCannon logo

CloudCannon

86 · Excellent

CloudCannon is the world's leading CMS platform for static websites, offering a 4-day work week and flexible remote work to a global team of 29.

4 Day Work WeekHybrid32h/week29 employees
No open positionsView company
HealthPost logo

HealthPost

84 · Great

B Corp certified natural wellness retailer offering 6,000+ clean products with flexible work arrangements and a strong commitment to people and planet wellbeing.

4 Day Work Week (80%)Hybrid32h/week5 employees
No open positionsView company
Brevity logo

Brevity

81 · Great

Boutique Australasian engineering consultancy across interiors, racking, events, and digital — running a measured 4-day week (100/80/100) since the 2022 4 Day Week Global pilot.

4 Day Work WeekHybrid32h/week4 employees
No open positionsView company
CONQA logo

CONQA

78 · Great

Quality-first construction field management platform empowering site teams with digital tools to capture evidence, report accurately, and accelerate payments.

4 Day Work WeekHybrid32h/week36 employees
No open positionsView company
MSH Consulting logo

MSH Consulting

78 · Great

New Zealand management consultancy on a permanent four-day week (32h) at full pay.

4 Day Work WeekHybrid32h/week8 employees
No open positionsView company
Netsafe New Zealand logo

Netsafe New Zealand

78 · Great

New Zealand's independent online safety organisation. Provides advice, support, and education to help people stay safe online. Government-supported.

4 Day Work WeekHybrid32h/week41 employees
No open positionsView company

How we rank these companies

These companies are ordered by their work-life score— a 0–100 rating we calculate from each employer’s published policies, averaging 85 across the 7 companies on this page.

  • Contracted hours carry the most weight — the fewer hours a full-time week actually is, the higher the score. A 40-hour week earns nothing here.
  • Remote and schedule flexibility comes next: whether the role is genuinely remote, how much say you have over your hours, and whether core hours are fixed.
  • Paid leave is scored above a 15-day baseline, so a statutory minimum adds nothing and a genuinely generous allowance does.
  • The schedule itself can add or subtract. A genuine reduced-day week scores positively; a full-week perk such as unlimited PTO scores negatively, because it is not a reduction in hours.

Every company starts from the same baseline and is scored on the policies recorded in its profile, so a company that publishes more detail is scored more precisely. The same score appears on that company’s own page. Read the full scoring rubric →

How we curate this list

We track companies that publicly offer reduced-hours schedules — 4-day weeks, 9-day fortnights, half-day Fridays, and more. This page refreshes daily; companies that drop the policy are removed. Read about our editorial standards →

Last reviewed: August 14, 2026

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

We currently list 7 companies operating in New Zealand that have adopted a 4-day work week or similar reduced-hours schedule with full pay. The number shifts as new employers join the 4dayweek.io index and existing ones post open roles. Prominent employers include Brevity, CONQA, and CloudCannon. Each company profile links to their current open positions and specific schedule policy.
Companies listed for New Zealand average about 32.0 hours per week and offer about 25 days of vacation per year. Most follow a fixed 4-day-week pattern (commonly Monday–Thursday), though some use 9-day fortnights or flexible arrangements. Full salary is maintained — that's the defining criterion for inclusion on 4dayweek.io. Individual company pages show exact hours, which day is off, and whether the schedule is fixed or rotating.
In New Zealand, software and technology companies lead the 4-day-week movement, followed closely by consulting, marketing agencies, and a growing cohort of product and SaaS organisations. Professional services and knowledge-work sectors generally outpace retail and customer-facing industries in adoption. Browse the full list above to see the specific industry mix currently hiring.
Public-sector engagement varies by country. In New Zealand, awareness of 4-day-week pilots has grown following high-profile international trials — the UK's 2022 4 Day Week Campaign trial is the most widely cited. Some regions have public-sector pilots or political party positions supporting reduced hours; others rely on private-sector leadership. Companies on this page operate independently of any government programme and have made the schedule shift as a business decision.
Many of the companies listed here are fully-remote or hybrid and accept applicants from outside New Zealand, subject to timezone and legal-entity constraints. Individual company profiles indicate their remote-work policy and accepted locations. Cross-border arrangements typically route through employer-of-record services or require the employer to have a legal entity in the candidate's country. Check each listing for specifics before applying.