Silly Season
OPINION: Election years are usually regarded as the silly season, but a mate of the Hound reckons 2026 is shaping…
Figures just released show New Zealand's border protection is good, but still does not measure up to the standard the New Zealand horticulture industry, and the Government, expect.
Andrew Fenton, the president and chair of Horticulture New Zealand since it was established in 2005, will not seek reappointment as president following HortNZ's annual general meeting in late July.
Border officials sent two foreign air passengers packing last Friday after they tried to smuggle seeds through Auckland airport.
Horticulture New Zealand and the Tararua Growers Association welcome the sensible words of Primary Industries Minister David Carter concerned about the estimated cost of a recent Environment Court decision on farmers and growers.
Growers and horticulture producers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of continuing to fund their industry good organisation, HortNZ.
HORTICULTURE NZ says it won’t back off from raising biosecurity issues despite stinging criticism from the Minister for Primary Industries at the growers’ conference.

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