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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.

The first shipment of the 2023 New Zealand kiwifruit season recently departed the Port of Tauranga, carrying around 2,500 tonnes (more than 600,000 trays) of Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit to customers in Japan.

The first shipment of the 2023 New Zealand kiwifruit season departed the Port of Tauranga yesterday, carrying approximately 2,500 tonnes (over 600,000 trays) of Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit to Japan.

Kiwifruit growers have been told they will be getting a lot less money for their fruit this season.