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Horticulture New Zealand presented its inaugural President’s Award to lifelong kiwifruit industry supporter and grower Ian Greaves last week.

An excellent 2014-15 season with increased volumes, good grower returns and strong growth to come – that was the message at Zespri’s annual meeting held on Wednesday.

Trevelyans Packhouse on the outskirts of Te Puke is reminiscent of terminal one at London’s Heathrow international airport – in that it never seems to end. 

The kiwifruit industry is just about back to where it was before PSa, says Zespri chief executive Lain Jager.

Mexican children will find a surprise in their McDonald's Happy Meals from this weekend – a delicious Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit from New Zealand.

Kiwifruit exporters are planning more intensive marketing than they have ever before tried in Australia, to stimulate demand in a maturing market.

A Bay of Plenty decision last week to put about 3000 kiwifruit orchards on a ‘hazardous’ list has implications for all agriculture nationwide, says an industry leader.

Keys to the Kiwifruit Industry Strategy Project’s success came down to three things, says its independent chairman, Neil Richardson.

Retired kiwifruit growers with ‘dry’ shares in Zespri will have seven years to sell these under new proposals in the Kiwifruit Industry Strategy Project.

For the second time in two seasons, Owen St George’s kiwifruit orchard has posted a top orchard gate return (OGR) for its green variety with post-harvest company DMS.