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Departing Zespri chief executive Dan Mathieson had some good news for the country's kiwifruit growers just days before he left the company to take up a new role with the giant berry fruit grower Driscoll in the US.

One of the country’s largest kiwifruit growers has reported a 44% increase in production this season.

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.