Fruit pickers with holiday work visas are struggling to get work despite receiving a six-month extension to their visas. read more...

The labour shortage in Hawke’s Bay’s primary sector has been well documented. It’s a conversation that has generated hundreds of column inches lately, and rightly so. read more...

Gisborne entrepreneur Candice Pardy is thrilled with the funding support she has received for her app linking seasonal horticulture workers with employers. read more...

Central Otago cherry growers are starting to assess how many millions of dollars of crops have been lost after 36 hours of heavy rain in recent days destroyed fruit in what had been a bumper crop. read more...

A long-time fruit grower in the Moutere and Motueka area says the devastating Boxing Day hail storm was the worst he's ever experienced. The storm threw down hail stones that tore through crop protection structures, shattered glasshouses and shredded fruit and vegetable crops. It lay a metre-deep in places, and remained frozen on the ground until the next day. Ian Palmer is a former chair of Pipfruit New Zealand and told our Nelson reporter Tracy Neal that he's lived through hailstorms before, but nothing like this one. read more...