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Harvesting should be in full swing at the moment for all you keen vegetable gardeners.

A feasibility project dotted across sites in the North is encouraging.

Hawke’s Bay grows 70 per cent of NZ's apples and this year’s picking season has begun.

It’s time to chomp down on the thirst-quenching deliciousness that is watermelon.

New season looking brighter with strong apple volumes, US opportunities.

Plant and Food Research is trying to work out how to 'use the silt to our advantage'.

Prospects now look brighter as improved growing conditions signal record kiwifruit crops.

Industry alignment of growers and shareholders seen as major challenge ahead.

A large Māori-led housing project planned for Flaxmere has been given approval.

"For apples, it's about double and for cherries, it's about a 50 per cent increase."

Detective Steve Leonard's photo is now blown up on the wall at police headquarters.

Global marketer also reports record grower returns forecast for this season.

'There's a lot saying how they’re hating going out into the orchard at the moment.'

Are you eating the whole melon? Here's why you should eat the rind.

Global marketer Zespri has growth in its sights again.

'My father set up this business about 50 years ago and we’re starting from the bottom.'

Wonky Box team employs 17 southerners, including an on-the-ground grower liaison.

Cam Taylor had no search and rescue expertise, but his community needed saving.

The firm's FY23 loss before tax is expected to be double what was previously anticipated.

Leaderbrand is the first in NZ to trial new electric harvesting equipment.

'It’s taken a lot of hard work by so many people to get where we are today.'

Much of the post-cyclone cleanup is done, but horticulture still faces a long recovery.

“I’ve grown up with the Coast to Coast ... it wouldn’t be a summer without it."

Govt wants to ensure "we make farming an attractive career option for young people again".

Tim Charlton's off to the US to be part of a bold project to launch a new 40m-tall rocket.

The valuable kiwifruit export industry is recovering its mojo after a gruelling two years.

‘‘You need to do it. Otherwise you become a slab.’’

The couple and owner are at odds about the situation.

This is the seventh year of Zespri’s partnership with the Ōtānewainuku Kiwi Trust.