30 March 2023
Production levels and lack of research make pears a challenging business for young Kiwi leaders. However, the world is changing. New environmentally friendly methods offer fresh opportunities.
27 March 2023
Edward (Yujen) Lee and his wife Michelle (Yuting) run Lee Wang Hothouse Ltd in Pukekohe, and can put new meaning into 'learning from the ground up'.
13 March 2023
New Zealanders are being asked to buy local and fresh, to support vegetable growers across the country hit hard by continued bad weather.
8 March 2023
At 8am the morning after the cyclone, when everything had gone quiet, Brydon Nisbet called his tenant in Puketapu to check on the state of his apple block.
7 March 2023
(Pictured is Arjune Dahya, HortNZ Regional Extension Officer, at the stand) Growers visiting the horticulture industry stand at the Northland Fieldays last week reflected on Cyclone Gabrielle and the future of…
2 March 2023
It is a testing and stressful time for many in our industry, particularly those in the Hawke’s Bay, Gisborne and Northland regions.
1 March 2023
While some growers lost their land, their crops and their homes, others remained untouched.
28 February 2023
Hastings nurseryman Lawrence E. Cooke, who founded one of the oldest surviving fruit tree nurseries still in operation, passed away on 15 October 2022 at the age of 91.
16 February 2023
After 43 years of growing pipfruit, stonefruit and then kiwifruit at Kumeu, northwest of Auckland, Richard and Sheila Mandeno have hung up their boots.
14 February 2023
A National State of Emergency has been declared for all of New Zealand.
