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Country moves to Alert Level 3 on 28 April
21 Apr 2020The Prime Minister has announced that New Zealand will move to Alert Level 3 at 11.59pm on Monday 27 April. For an essential service like horticulture, the move to Level 3 wil...
Covid-catchup with Dylan Hall
20 Apr 2020HortNZ is speaking with young people in the industry to see what they have been up to during the COVID-19 lockdown.This week we interview Dylan Hall, a second-year Massey agri...
Government to make decision about move to Alert Level 3 on 20 April
17 Apr 2020The Prime Minister has said that the Government will make a decision about whether and when the country will move to Alert Level 3 on Monday 20 April. At the same time, the Pr...
MPI guidance on operating under COVID-19 Alert Level 4 / diagram on social distancing and transport
14 Apr 2020The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has issued guidance for the horticulture industry on operating under Alert Level 4 to: Prevent the introduction of COVID-19 into the ...
Postponement of HortNZ Events
14 Apr 2020HortNZ’s Board has reviewed the events planned through winter this year and decided because of COVID-19, the following events are postponed: HortNZ’s AGM postponed until Frida...
New Zealand onion growers celebrate multimillion-dollar export success in Indonesia
12 Apr 2020New Zealand onion growers are celebrating being able to export their world class crop to Indonesia again. ‘Indonesia has just re-opened its market to New Zealand onions after ...
April Issues of The Orchardist and NZGrower
09 Apr 2020Due to the COVID-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown, we were unable to print the April issues of The Orchardist and NZGrower. However, you can still read the magazines via the links b...
Prime Minister praises the horticulture industry
08 Apr 2020In her daily COVID-19 press conference, the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern took the time to praise the horticulture industry for continuing to feed New Zealanders, export prod...
Essential Workers Leave Support
06 Apr 2020The Government has announced that a new COVID-19 leave payment scheme will be available to essential businesses for essential workers from 6 April 2020.The new payment will su...
Reducing food waste during COVID-19
03 Apr 2020A large number of growers are contacting HortNZ about produce they no longer have a market for due to the closure of independent fruit and vegetable stores and produce markets...