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Horticulture NZ is one of the primary sector parties involved in the industry-wide initiative He Waka Eke Noa, to provide government with an alternative option to the ETS in dealing with on farm orchard/greenhouse gas emissions.

Horticulture NZ says 2022 is presenting more challenges than ever before.

Horticulture NZ's chair is genuinely concerned about the wellbeing of growers with confidence at rock bottom.

Melissa van den Heuvel has won the Young Grower of the Year for 2021.

Melissa van den Heuvel has been named the 2021 Young Grower of the Year.

There's an urgent need for a greater focus on science in the food and fibre sector.

Horticulture has the potential to be the brightest star in the primary sector in the coming decade.

MPI has turned down a request from the horticulture sector to declare the recent hail and rainstorms, that decimated many orchards around the country and cost growers millions
of dollars in lost income, as an ‘adverse event’.

An increased focus on exports for New Zealand tomatoes could see the sector double its 2014 value by 2020.

Horticulture presents a major opportunity for this country, says Barry O’Neil, new chairman of Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ).