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It’s official – the 2024 kiwifruit harvest is New Zealand’s largest ever crop having been picked.

The chair of the largest Māori kiwifruit growing operation in NZ, Ratahi Cross, says his organisation is on the mend a year on from its Hawke's Bay operation being severely damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Kiwifruit growers can breathe a sigh of relief.

Zespri's first charter shipment of the 2024 New Zealand kiwifruit season is on its way to Shanghai.

New Zealand’s 2024 kiwifruit harvest has kicked off with the first crop picked in Auckland, and more kiwifruit to be picked around New Zealand over the coming months.

Zespri says there is strong demand for NZ kiwifruit in all markets and especially in China.

The country's kiwifruit growers faced another tough year as the effects of adverse weather events kicked in.

South Auckland kiwifruit grower, Brett Wheeler, jokes that some of the companion plants in his 13-hectare effective Glenbrook orchards are so large he has to take to them with a chainsaw.

There are encouraging signs and hopes that this season's kiwifruit crop will be a good one.

Kiwifruit growers seem to have gotten the message from Zespri to focus on the quality of the fruit coming off the vines this year.