Published: Apr 28, 2023

New Zealand’s favourite citrus fruit are now in season and Kiwi shoppers are encouraged to enjoy this important produce throughout the day for a great tasting, affordable vitamin boost.

Published: Apr 20, 2023

Jenni Matheson and Mrinali Kumar's New Zealand company EatKinda processes surplus New Zealand-grown cauliflower into vegan ice cream.

Published: Apr 07, 2023

The Hawke’s Bay landscape could one day see almond trees popping up beside the apple trees and grapevines it’s more traditionally known for.

Published: Mar 31, 2023

The harvest of onions at Premium Fresh is almost done for the year, the harvest conditions have been very good except for a some rain in the last few days.

Published: Feb 20, 2023

Cyclone Gabrielle has hit New Zealand farmers hard, some have lost everything.

Published: Nov 29, 2022

The 2023 New Zealand onion season is looking very good. As many regions in the world like Europe and Asia are expecting less production.

Published: Sep 30, 2022

Concerningly, exports of frozen fries from Belgium and the Netherlands have more than doubled in the quarter ending July 2022.

Published: Sep 26, 2022

The berry industry is likely to benefit from the recent hepatitis A scare from imported frozen berries.

Published: Aug 30, 2022

Zespri's position in the kiwi market has been under the industry's eye for years.

Published: Apr 15, 2022

Almonds have grown wild in Central Otago for many years. But only now, Plant & Food Research is embarking on a feasibility study to see if almonds can be grown sustainably in Hawke’s Bay.

Published: Dec 27, 2021

This year has been a big year for produce company Seeka, which is also New Zealand's largest kiwifruit grower.

Published: Sep 29, 2021

Sources claim that Zespri’s exports to China are continuing as normal, even after some of its kiwifruit tested positive for Covid-19 in China last week.

Published: Sep 18, 2021

Olam Food Ingredients (OFI) plans to develop a new dairy processing facility in New Zealand.

Published: Sep 08, 2021

A former kiwifruit grower who smuggled cuttings of Zespri’s prized gold variety to China has been ordered to pay the kiwifruit exporter more than $12 million, after his appeal proved unsuccessful.

Published: Aug 18, 2021

A unique plant milk made from New Zealand grown kabocha buttercup squash will be available in supermarkets across Asia following a partnership between a Hawke’s Bay company and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

Published: Jul 06, 2021

More imported fresh fruits and vegetables treated with irradiation could soon be on sale on New Zealand shelves if a rule change goes through.

Published: Jun 23, 2021

New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries said they found the larvae on a consignment of the fruits last Friday; the next day it was confirmed as oriental fruit fly.

Published: Apr 09, 2021

As the ‘single desk marketer’, Zespri owns the rights to SunGold, which means all growers must sell their fruit to the company for marketing and export.

Published: Dec 28, 2020

TomatoesNZ commissioned a Nielsen Homescan research report in August to understand fresh tomato consumers and shopper purchase dynamics.

Published: Nov 25, 2020

Delytics Ltd is assisting Sun World International, LLC, an Australian licensing business to ensure its table grapes meet the quality standards required to bear its premium varietal brands such as MIDNIGHT BEAUTY® and AUTUMNCRISP®.