Update from Kate Hellstrom 2 June 2021
I’m looking forward to meeting many of you at the Summerfruit NZ conference and AGM next week in Napier.
Nzsummer apricot tree availability
Photo by Plant & Food Research The ACIB have been advised by some nurseries that there was a particularly high budwood uptake last season which means there is a limited number…
2021 AGM update
The 27th Annual General Meeting of Summerfruit New Zealand will be held on Wednesday, 9 June in Napier at the War Memorial Centre, 48 Marine Parade, Napier and online via…
Noel Bloxham obituary
Noel, a great friend, and colleague to many within the summerfruit and pipfruit industries, passed away on 21 May 2021, in Vietnam.
Summerfruit NZ congratulates Jordan Carrol
Jordan Carrol, orchard and harvest manager at CentralPac, has won the 2021 Central Otago Young Grower of the Year competition. ‘What we do really matters.
Central Otago SummerGreen meeting on Thursday
SummerGreen coordinator Richard Mills has put together a meeting for growers interested in hearing about the labour situation, orchard agchems, cherry varieties, rootstocks and more.
Update from Kate Hellstrom 12 May 2021
New grower representative Director announced I’m pleased to announce that Alex Huffadine will be joining the Summerfruit NZ Board following the AGM on 9 June 2021.
Summerfruit NZ welcomes Government’s decision to bring in more workers from the Pacific
Summerfruit NZ, along with the New Zealand horticulture industry, has welcomed the Government’s latest move to increase the flow of workers from the Pacific, in support of the Recognised Seasonal…
Plant strategy survey
Last year horticulture chief executives and business managers developed a Covid recovery strategy for horticulture and set up a number of workstreams to deliver the much-needed results.
Cromwell community seeks feedback
The folk at Cromwell Community House are keen to know how their work to welcome seasonal workers went and are asking for feedback so they can review this season and…