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Zespri says global sales for the 2024-25 season topped $5 billion on the back of strong demand and market returns.

The head of the New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers organisation NZKGI says the points raised in a report about the sector by Waikato University professor Frank Scrimgeour were not a surprise.

Probably the smoothest season growers can remember. That's how Kiwifruit Growers Association (NZKGI) chief executive Colin Bond describes the situation with fruit picking just past its peak.

Kiwifruit marketer Zespri says its kiwifruit has now reached more than 100 million households globally.

Great news for the kiwifruit sector.

New Zealand’s 2025 kiwifruit harvest has started with the first fruit picked in the Bay of Plenty, marking the earliest ever harvest.

Kiwifruit and fresh produce handler Seeka will be bouncing back strongly from a big financial loss in 2023.

Kiwifruit marketer Zespri got the go-ahead from New Zealand kiwifruit growers to increase their plantings of its fruit overseas.

The turmoil and challenges faced by the kiwifruit industry in the past 30 years were put to one side but not forgotten at a glitzy night for 400 kiwifruit growers and guests in Mt Maunganui recently.

Kiwifruit marketer Zespri is looking at expanding offshore plantings in the northern hemisphere to boost global supply.