News - In June, 2023

Archive: 1, 2023

Summerfruit NZ Conference 2023

It was fantastic to see so many of you at the Summerfruit NZ conference last week in Queenstown.

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Congratulations to Tim Jones – Life Member Award 2023

Congratulations to Tim Jones from 45 South who received the Summerfruit NZ Life Member Award from Chairman, Roger BrownlieTim, the former Summerfruit NZ chair, was awarded a Life Member Award…

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Congratulations to Stephanie Cavell – Mack Nicol Award 2023

Congratulations to Stephanie Cavell from NZ Cherry Corp who was awarded the Mack Nicol trophy, by Russell Faulkner, at the 2023 Summerfruit NZ Conference.

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Annual General Meeting – 30 June 2023

The Twenty-Ninth Annual General Meeting of Summerfruit New Zealand Incorporated will be held via Zoom on Friday 30 June 2023.

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Hawke’s Bay Young Fruit Grower of the Year – 10 + 11 August

Get your tickets for the Hawkes Bay Young Fruit Grower of the Year Competition! More info and details for the event can be found below.

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Future Orchard Planting Systems Winter Pruning Field Walk

Wednesday 28 June 2023, starting 10 am in Hastings All are welcome, including stone fruit growers.

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Tairāwhiti Gisborne Grower event

Wednesday 21 June 2023, 3pm, Bushmere Arms Hosted by The Tairāwhiti Growers’ Assn, Trust Tairāwhiti, and HortNZBankers, insurers, and business consultants will join the discussion around the financial challenges faced by…

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Cyclone Gabrielle Recovery Information

Here are some resources and information for Hawke’s Bay growers affected by Cyclone Gabrielle: Updates for Cyclone Gabrielle’s recovery resources for growers: Hort NZ Recovery Resources Final advice to growers regarding rebuilding RSE…

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Understory Planting Summary by A Lighter Touch

A new Summerfruit NZ project in Central Otago is taking knowledge gained from A Lighter Touch work on beneficial planting in Gisborne citrus orchards and applying it to summerfruit crops.

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Congratulations to Gregoire (Greg) Durand, Central Otago Young Grower of the Year

Congratulations to Gregoire (Greg) Durand of Cherri Global in Clyde, 28, who won the 2023 Central Otago Young Grower of the Year regional final at the event held in Bannockburn…

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