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HortNZ chair Barry O'Neil believes there is a huge opportunity for growing vegetable crops under cover - similar to what the large commercial grower Leaderbrand is doing in Gisborne.

Horticulture NZ's chair has hit back at claims that the RSE workers are being treated like “slaves” and that the ill treatment of them is “systemic”.

Productive land is just one of the ingredients for growers to deliver fresh healthy food to New Zealanders, says Horticulture NZ.

Māori involved in the horticulture sector are being urged to sign up and enter next year's Ahuwhenua Trophy competition in Māori Horticulture.

Meryn Whitehead, a 28-year-old supervisor at Vailima Orchards at Hope, near Nelson, is the 2022 Young Grower of the Year.

The horticulture sector is praising the Government's moves to introduce strict new regulations to protect highly productive land used for growing vegetables and fruit.

Miriana Stephens has been named the recipient of this year’s Horticulture New Zealand President’s Trophy.

Industry stalwart, Mick Ahern, has been awarded the Horticulture New Zealand Industry Service Award for 2022.

The National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land will provide protection for New Zealand’s best land and soil so it can be used to produce food, says HortNZ.

"I want to give growers certainty and confidence that there is a future for the industry."