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While the recent storms in the upper and eastern part of the North Island have hit a few kiwifruit growers, it is unlikely to have a major impact on the overall industry.

The head of the New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers organisation NZKGI says the points raised in a report about the sector by Waikato University professor Frank Scrimgeour were not a surprise.

Probably the smoothest season growers can remember. That's how Kiwifruit Growers Association (NZKGI) chief executive Colin Bond describes the situation with fruit picking just past its peak.

Climate change and its effects was the number one item on the agenda of the annual International Kiwifruit conference held this year in Greece.

Kiwifruit growers are celebrating a trifecta of industry milestones next month.

It’s official – the 2024 kiwifruit harvest is New Zealand’s largest ever crop having been picked.

Touch wood, to date the kiwifruit season has generally been good. That’s the view of Colin Bond, chief executive of New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated (NZKGI), the organisation that represents kiwifruit growers.

For Kiwifruit growers globally, climate change is the number one issue.

As 2023’s harvest of kiwifruit largely ends, New Zealand’s largest horticultural export is now being shipped to overseas markets.

A raft of problems, including quality issues, poor pollination, and bad weather, has led to what has been described as one of the most financially unrewarding kiwifruit harvests in recent memory.