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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.

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.

One long time kiwifruit business person is describing this and probably next year as the worst they can remember.

A major frost event which hit kiwifruit orchards in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions earlier this month is estimated to cause production losses of up to 25% this season.

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.

Skyrocketing inflation both in NZ and in Zespri markets overseas is presenting new challenges for the kiwifruit sector.

New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated (NZKGI) will appeal a recent High Court decision that will allow a licence to grow SunGold Kiwifruit to be included in the value of land, and, therefore, growers’ property rates.