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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.

Zespri is looking at everything that has gone wrong in the kiwifruit sector in the past two years, with the goal now to get things on track for 2024.

Zespri is in the midst of a major and hastily convened review to find out about the sudden drop in the quality of SunGold kiwifruit during the past season.

It's no wonder Zespri chief executive Dan Mathieson had an extra bounce in his step while traipsing around the US with PM Jacinda Ardern and others on a recent trade mission to that country.

Zespri is ringing in major changes in its systems to deal with an expected shortfall of 6500 workers to pick this season's kiwifruit crop.

Schedules have now become the norm, leaving many exporters frustrated.