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HortNZ’s offices in the capital are closed again today but will re-open tomorrow.

Pukekohe grower Andrew Hutchinson was named Young Horticulturalist of the Year at last night’s awards dinner in Auckland.

Land and water remain the key constraints to growth in horticultural production, HortNZ has told the Productivity Commission.

The key to successfully selling fruit and vegetables in New Zealand or overseas is to give consumers what they want.

Horticulture NZ has assisted Pukekohe vegetable growers to get funding for riparian plantings along the waterways that feed into the Waikato River.

Prime Minister John Key congratulated the horticulture industry for its great advancement in the last few years.

New Zealand grows probably less than half a percent of the global food supply so everything we grow is artisan, says KPMG's global head of agribusiness Ian Proudfoot.

Horticulture can expect to see more talent and capital in the industry with Maori, says Plant and Food chief executive officer Peter Landon-Lane.

It's a simple equation: If Auckland spreads its housing into our fruit and vegetable production land - we all pay more for food.

Release of a type of parasitic wasp is proposed as a biological control agent to combat a psyllid - plant louse - that attacks tomatoes, potatoes, capsicums and tamarillos