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HortNZ celebrates accolade for former president Julian Raine

3 July 2024

Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ) has congratulated the organisation’s former president Julian Raine on his success in the Primary Industries New Zealand Awards 2024.

Ensuring sustainable growth: streamlining crop protection approvals for New Zealand’s horticulture sector

1 July 2024

New Zealand’s growers are facing a raft of new challenges as climate change brings dry conditions warmer temperatures, more storms and increased outbreaks of pests and diseases.

Pip Terekia wins the 2024 Gisborne Young Grower of the Year competition

28 June 2024

Pip Terekia, a 30-year-old trainee orchard manager at Apata Group, won the 2024 Gisborne Young Grower of the Year competition.

Innovation a drawcard for Nelson winner

28 June 2024

Farrah Richards had plans to study medicine when she left school until a stint on an orchard changed her career path and at 21, she has been named Nelson Young Grower of the Year.

Horticulture sector calls for sensible approach to emissions accounting

26 June 2024

HortNZ is urging the Climate Change Commission to hold off counting international shipping and aviation emissions in the sector's domestic targets until green alternatives are available.

Growers vote to support Horticulture New Zealand

21 June 2024

We are pleased to announce fruit and vegetable growers have voted to continue their support for HortNZ.

Skilled workforce needs to grow

20 June 2024

If the horticulture industry is to reach it aspirational goal of doubling farmgate revenue, it is going to need a skilled workforce to do the job, which is already in short supply.

HortNZ invites scholarship applications for leadership programme

17 June 2024

Growers and their employees are encouraged to apply for the 2024 Horticulture New Zealand Leadership Programme Scholarships.

Working in 'tropical' Warkworth just like home

14 June 2024

In Warkworth, some 4,500km south of the equator, one of the town's largest employers offers a work environment best described as tropical and that's just the way the majority of staff like it.

HortNZ backs review of approval process for new agricultural and horticultural products

13 June 2024

Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ) welcomes the announcement that the Ministry for Regulation will review the complex approval processes for new agricultural and horticultural products.