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Thank you, growers, for your resilience, hard work and commitment

1 December 2025

Merry Christmas -- here’s to a productive and positive year ahead.

Reliable water will give growers confidence to invest

1 November 2025

Water remains one of the defining issues for horticulture in New Zealand.

A more strategic approach to food needed in New Zealand

1 October 2025

Spring is here, the weather is warming up, and our fruit and vegetable growers are busy in their fields and orchards.

Focusing on the opportunities and challenges ahead

1 September 2025

The recent Horticulture and RSE conferences in Wellington was a real highlight, bringing growers, industry leaders, government, researchers and partners together to focus on the opportunities and challenges ahead for…

Supporting growers through challenge and change

6 August 2025

Growers are known for their resilience.

RSE: a partnership that works for everyone

1 August 2025

As the main horticulture season winds down, many of our Pacific seasonal workers are heading home to reunite with their families.

Promising policy changes

1 July 2025

The Government’s recently announced national direction package promises meaningful change for growers, and not a moment too soon.

Nuturing the next generation

2 June 2025

If New Zealand’s horticulture sector is to thrive into the future, we must invest in one of our most valuable resources: people, and in particular, young people.

An eye-opening week in Singapore

2 May 2025

I recently returned from a week in Singapore, part of a FoodHQ-led delegation looking at land use change and diversity in food systems.

Six months in

1 April 2025

It’s now six months since I joined HortNZ as chief executive and it’s been really rewarding getting out and about meeting the passionate and resilient growers producing world-class fruit and…

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