MPI says ni hao to Chinese speakers
The Ministry for Primary Industries has just launched a new Chinese language biosecurity Facebook page for New Zealand-based Chinese speakers and Chinese travellers.
Tree planting time
Harvest is but a memory and the ladders and buckets have been washed and put away, and many of you have been deciding which blocks to remove and what to replant.
2019 Conference presentations
We had a fantastic line up of speakers for our 2019 conference – Sensational Summerfruit. If you missed out going to conference or want to enjoy them all over again...
Congratulations to our award winners
The summerfruit industry gathered for two days in Queenstown recently to hear from a diverse range of speakers and to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
Sensational Summerfruit stakeholder meeting presentations
Two industry stakeholder days were held in May in Central Otago and Hawkes Bay to discuss Sensational Summerfruit.
Ellen Watt wins Central Otago Young Fruitgrower of the Year
Congratulations goes to Ellen Watt from Waitaki Orchards who won the competition following a day-long event in Cromwell.
New import health standards – vehicles and sea containers
Summerfruit NZ continues to advocate strongly on behalf of the industry for strict biosecurity border controls.
Another fruit fly in Auckland
Biosecurity New Zealand has reintroduced controls on the movement of fruit and vegetables in the Auckland suburb of Northcote following the detection of a further Queensland fruit fly.
Sensational Summerfruit stakeholder meetings
Growers and the wider summerfruit industry are invited to attend stakeholder meetings to find out more about Sensational Summerfruit: A bold plan for growth, the initiatives planned, and to get...
Disease resistance testing
At the end of last season, Summerfruit NZ encouraged growers to sample some fruit and send it away for resistance testing.