2021-22 MRL and PHI chart advertising
Production is underway for the export apricot and cherry wall charts published by Summerfruit NZ each year.
Funding support for innovative projects
The Rural Professionals Fund, established in 2020 by the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge, is now accepting applications for a second round of funding to support projects that...
New world record cherry weight to beat
In the spirit of 'anything the rest of the world can do New Zealand can do better' Kiwi cherry growers are challenged to beat the heaviest cherry world record, recently...
Sustainable Energy Association awards Forest Lodge Orchard innovation
Infinite Energy and Forest Lodge Orchard have won a national award for designing a renewable electric system for the Mount Pisa cherry orchard.
Update from Kate Hellstrom 25 June 2021
It was good to meet many of you at the recent Growing strong summerfruit conference in Napier.
Wellbeing with Sir John Kirwan
NZAPI, with support from the Ministry for Primary Industries, have arranged a series of workshops in conjunction with Mentemia, a wellbeing platform providing education and tools to help people thrive.
Conference awards
Summerfruit NZ's Growing Strong conference wrapped up on Thursday evening with the conference dinner where the following awards were presented.
Summerfruit NZ has a new chair
Former vice chair Roger Brownlie, was elected as the new chair of Summerfruit NZ at the pre-conference Board meeting on 9 June.
2021 AGM results
The 27th Annual General Meeting of Summerfruit New Zealand was held on Wednesday, 9 June in Napier and online via Zoom.
Annual report for 2020 available
Summerfruit NZ's annual report for the year ended 31 August 2020 has been published.