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Whangārei 'Garden of Auckland' in the mid-late 1800s
Local fruit industry legacy preserved in Whangārei Museum archives.
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Boyd Swinburn: Food for thought - drastic change needed
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Family partnership is top of the crops
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Is our future one where water from the tap is off the menu?
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Orchardist recognised with life membership
Earnscy Weaver, of Alexandra, given a life membership from the Summerfruit NZ board.
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Robots run kiwifruit cool storage site in a world first
Eastpack is pioneering the use of robots as it looks to the future.
Wairoa: Will it turn itself into the little town that could?
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First graduate from horticulture programme
Seasonal Solutions programme designed to address the shortage of workers in the sector.