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Growers still waiting on Government assistance

The Government had promised an announcement for Hawke's Bay growers by early June.

King's birthday honours: Murray McPhail recognised for services to horticulture

McPhail was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (NZOM).

Bruised, battered but still bold: Zespri’s hopes for kiwifruit industry after economic storm

Many growers in the sweetheart export sector are 'under severe financial stress'.

Some kiwifruit growers in financial strife after 'catastrophic' season

'Unbelievably bad' kiwifruit season has the industry experiencing huge pressures.

'Time was right': Dairy farmers switch from cows to kiwifruit

Owen and Cathy Copinga close a chapter of 21 years of dairy farming in Western Southland.

Fresh produce available to NorthTec students thanks to on-campus harvests

Fresh produce has been grown and placed into pātaka across NorthTec campuses.

Human touch still matters at T&G

To meet demand for apples, T&G have built a packhouse twice the size of their last one.

Hawke’s Bay woman up for young grower award

At 18, Alix Te Kere raised a baby by day and worked a packhouse by night to get her break.

'Took the gamble': Orchard owners unlawfully took millions of litres of water

Pongakawa kiwifruit growers admit unlawfully taking millions of litres of groundwater.

Emerging wilding kiwifruit on West Coast

At this stage, kiwifruit is not listed in the council's pest management plan.

'Particularly tough time': Bad weather prunes kiwifruit crop volume

One of the lowest volumes in the past 20 years is expected for Green kiwifruit.

Kiwifruit crop yield lower than expected this season

Zespri expects export volumes of green kiwifruit to be the lowest in the last 20 years.

Zespri pleased with new kiwifruit licence auction system

Top dollar continues to be paid for the right to grow gold kiwifruit here.

Orchard waste burning now allowed in Hawke's Bay

The Hawke's Bay Regional Council has confirmed orchardists can burn certain vegetation.

Cyclone-hit Hawke's Bay growers ask Government for $750m

Growers say their request is modest, and would save $3.5 billion in long-term losses.

Market close: Seeka falls after giving gloomy kiwifruit outlook

But the sharemarket rose after another late surge.