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Apple & pear industry worth $1.9 billion to New Zealand

Productivity gains and an increase in high-value varieties has seen New Zealand’s apple and pear industry contribute almost $2 billion of total revenue impact to the national economy in the last 12 months, according to new research from MartinJenkins.

Apple and pear industry prepares for greener future

Aotearoa’s apple and pear industry takes step forward to becoming even more environmentally sustainable with the development of a life cycle analysis (LCA) for a kilo of exported apples.

New Zealand Apples and Pears warmly welcomes changes to RSE Scheme

New Zealand Apples and Pears (NZAPI) warmly welcomes critical and timely policy changes to the RSE Scheme ahead of the new season.

Kelvin Taylor awarded Industry Contribution Award

Taylor Corp's Kelvin Taylor has been named as the 2024 recipient of the New Zealand Apples and Pears Outstanding Contribution to the Industry Award.

New Zealand Apples and Pears Annual Conference

The conference brings together growers, industry experts, suppliers and partners, decision-makers, government and media from Aotearoa and around the world.

A life and love for orcharding

Growing up on an orchard in Central Otago, Stephen Darling said he would never become an orchardist. “It was too much hard work,” he says. Yet the industry drew him in . . .  and he wouldn’t have it any other way.

The Big Apple Project - Pasifika Senikau Group

Comparing Apples and Bananas

Iapesa Niue Save came to New Zealand from Samoato pack apples. But he saw the forklift drivers working in the packhouse and set his sights on moving up to that job so he practised in his smoko breaks until he was good enough and went on to drive the forklift at Mr Apple’s Whakatu packhouse.

From Fisherman to entreprenuer

Picking apples has transformed the lives of Samoan man Ausage Simiti Puna and his family. Within three years he’s gone from eking a living from the sea to business owner, able to support his mother and four siblings - including a disabled younger brother.

The church that apples built

A Samoan community received a brand new church thanks to the hard work of a group of seasonal apple pickers. Among them were Ropati Neemia, who built his family a new home and is planning to start a business with money earned picking apples.

Robbie McCormick

Robbie McCormick is a bundle of energy – and he needs every ounce of it as Orchard Technical Manager at Mr Apple in Hawke’s Bay. If it grows, moves or breathes, he’s a part of it.

John and Wendy Evans

John Evans worked in the family orchard from the time he could reach the fruit and reliably pick it. Today, John, his wife Wendy and their family own and run two orchards covering 80 hectares, including land that’s been in the family since 1906.