A male stripper company says it has been left in the lurch ahead of its peak party season after Student Job Search pulled its listings.

Strip of Meat owner Christian Newman said he has been advertising for topless male waiters on the job site for the past five years, but was told they were no longer accepting his adverts when he went to relist ahead of the summer months.

Newman said the reason they gave was that the roles were "too close to the adult industry".

Danielle Street/Fairfax Media Student Job Search says ads for topless male waiters are no longer appropriate.

Student Job Search said it had received complaints from students about past Strip of Meat adverts, and following a strategy review had decided they were no longer appropriate for the site.

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Newman said he was surprised and disappointed by the change of heart.

Supplied A screenshot of the now-deleted listings on Student Job Search.

"It's a ridiculous excuse," Newman said.

"People are old enough and dumb enough to be able to make up their own minds. If they don't like it, they don't have to apply for the job — we're not forcing anyone to come and work for us."

Newman said he was confused by Student Job Search's definition of the adult industry and did not think his company's jobs should fall under it, as they "simply advertise for waiters with no shirts on".

"We have high teas, parties at home for hens nights or even birthdays where there are families involved. It's children right through to grandmas — we do cater for all ages."

Newman said Student Job Search had been one of the few hiring platforms available to him, as TradeMe and Facebook had also banned him from listing the topless waiter jobs.

"We're unable to advertise anywhere other than on our own website and through word of mouth," he said.

"It lets down our guests if we can't fill those bookings, but it also means there's really great, well-paying jobs available that aren't being filled."

Student Job Search chief executive Michael Leach said in August the organisation had completed a strategy review and stated its new purpose was enhancing student wellbeing through employment.

"Unfortunately an organisation like Strip of Meat and the way they're advertising for 'topless waiters' does put people into a position where their physical form is being exploited. That's not something we as an organisation feel we can promote anymore," he said.

Leach said they turned down "a small number" of jobs every week that either did not meet employment laws in New Zealand, or subjected students to exploitation.

"We often turn down jobs where people are asking for women to send photographs of their feet in."

While Student Job Search had never allowed jobs related to adult entertainment, Strip of Meat had been a "grey area", he said.

But the last time Strip of Meat advertised with them, students had complained the roles were "inappropriate" and "akin to sex work".

"If he was asking for people to come and work for his company as waiters but there was no physical aspect, then we'd have no problem advertising for him," he said.

"As soon as you ask somebody to take their top off... this is not the 1990s."

Student Job Search is owned by 18 student organisations around New Zealand and receives most of its funding from the Ministry of Social Development.