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Vegetables push through silt left behind by Cyclone Gabrielle
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Seeka feels lash of 2023 weather with $14.5m net loss
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Industry alignment of growers and shareholders seen as major challenge ahead.
450-home project will expand Flaxmere, orchard and vineyard make way
A large Māori-led housing project planned for Flaxmere has been given approval.
2D trees lead to boost in yield for fruit growers
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In a pool of apples during Cyclone Gabrielle, a policeman pulled out his phone
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Zespri starts global search for new CEO but eyes a New Zealand base this time
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'It’s depressing': Gabrielle still hammering kiwifruit growers
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Kiwifruit exports in growth mode again after tough two years
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'My father set up this business about 50 years ago and we’re starting from the bottom.'
Wonky Box's South Island expansion on track
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First in the sky over 'a war zone': How an orchardist rescued 150 people with a chopper
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T&G Global full-year loss forecast balloons over insurance claim 'complexity'
The firm's FY23 loss before tax is expected to be double what was previously anticipated.
'Pretty simple': Horticulture business trials electric harvester
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'A bit run down': Tourists at reopened winery blissfully unaware of cyclone
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Hawke’s Bay growers say looks can be deceiving as devastated industry attempts to build back
Much of the post-cyclone cleanup is done, but horticulture still faces a long recovery.
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$30k boost for primary industry advisory sector
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