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Around 50 Zespri Kiwifruit growers from New Zealand have been able to see the fruit they grow on retailer shelves in Singapore and across Europe for the first time since an overseas industry tour hiatus due to Covid-19 travel restrictions.

Zespri's latest kiwifruit to hit overseas and domestic markets, RubyRed, has become the beacon that lights up the start of the kiwifruit season.

Kiwifruit growers seem to have gotten the message from Zespri to focus on the quality of the fruit coming off the vines this year.

No surprises, it's been a bad year for the kiwifruit sector with the final numbers recently released by Zespri.

Zespri chief executive Dan Mathieson says its 2022/23 financial results, released yesterday, reflect a challenging period for the kiwifruit industry.

As expected, the volume of kiwifruit for the 2023 growing season is down – mainly due to the weather.

Zespri says the challenging weather events that have dominated the 2023 growing season have contributed to a lower-than-expected crop this season.

Zespri chief executive Dan Mathieson says when he was at a food fair in Germany recently, buyers of NZ kiwifruit raised the issue of quality with him.

The quality of kiwifruit for the coming season is looking good.

Zespri chief executive Dan Mathieson says Zespri is looking at ways to help growers who are facing severe financial pressure as a result of two bad seasons.