Saturday, 18 July 2015 06:00

Hort NZ board

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Two kiwifruit growers have been appointed to HortNZ board. Two kiwifruit growers have been appointed to HortNZ board.

Horticulture New Zealand’s grower members have elected two new directors to their board: John Cook and Mike Smith, both kiwifruit growers from Bay of Plenty. 

Cook has worked extensively in agriculture and horticulture -- owning a dairy and sheep farm – and has worked on and had investments in pipfruit, summerfruit and kiwifruit businesses in Australia and New Zealand. He has a Diploma in Agriculture from Lincoln University and was a recipient of a Kellogg Rural Leadership Scholarship.

Smith has been in the kiwifruit business for at least 20 years and has worked in dairy farming and the stock and station industry.  He is chair of the Green Kiwifruit Growers Association and a member of the Bay of Plenty Young Fruitgrower committee. 

The new board’s term starts at the HortNZ annual meeting in Rotorua on July 28.

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