News - In November, 2023

Archive: 1, 2023

Annual General Meeting - November 2023 – resolution results

  We held the 30th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Summerfruit New Zealand on Friday 3 November 2023. Thanks to all the members who were able to attend.

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Welcoming Trudi Webb as Chair of Summerfruit NZ

    Following our 30th AGM on 3 November, Trudi Webb, Producer Board member, stepped into the role of Chair of Summerfruit NZ while Roger Brownlie stepped back into the role of…

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FruitMinder Open Day

FruitMinder is hosting an open day to showcase its innovative orchard management software.

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Planar Canopy Field Walk – Central Otago

Plant & Food Research is hosting a growers’ field walk, looking at establishing young planar canopies in summerfruit.

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Meet Anna Broxham - our new Biosecurity Manager

Anna Broxham has joined Horticulture Executive Services Ltd as Biosecurity Manager for a number of product groups, including Summerfruit NZ.

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FOPS Crop Loading Field Walk – Hawke's Bay

Plant & Food Research is hosting a growers’ field walk in Hawke’s Bay to provide an opportunity for growers, consultants, tech providers, and researchers to share their experience, and learn from…

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Handpicked Crew Cards – available in Central Otago again this season

Seasonal workers in the summerfruit and apple industries in Central Otago are part of the Handpicked Crew and as a result, are eligible to receive a rewards card.

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2023 Handpicked Crew Webinar series: supporting growers to enhance your HR practices

    During October 2023, as part of the seasonal Handpicked Crew campaign, Genevieve Griffin-George of PICMI led a series of webinars to support growers to enhance their HR practises, and to help protect…

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Post Cyclone Gabrielle Flood Review wants to hear from affected growers

   The review wants to hear from affected growers and others in the region.   Please go to www. hbifr. nz/fact-finding if you have information relevant to the review.

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