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03-01-2017
10 cities pushing community gardening bounds
The term, ‘Community Garden’, can mean a lot of things – from a neighborhood vegetable plot to a cooperative farming business.
03-01-2017
Avos represented in Police & Rural Stakeholders Partnership
HortNZ recently approached the NZ Avocado Growers Assn’s. Ashby Whitehead to ask for a grower nomination to join the Police & Rural Stakeholders Partnership. Dave Flett, a BOP grower and a NZAGA & AIC Board member, has accepted the role.
27-12-2016
Red clover case bearer detected in Auckland
The Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) reports that the red clover case bearer moth, Coleophora deauratella, has been detected as a new incursion in Auckland. Detections have been made at a number of sites around Auckland city.
23-12-2016
Flowers Victoria’s Flower of the month – Poinsettia
Like eggnog, roast turkey and Santa Claus, the Poinsettia is one of the classic symbols of Christmas, according to Flower’s Victoria.
23-12-2016
School stars earn Zespri scholarships
The bright futures of Georgia Cook and Libby Bradley are being further supported, with Zespri awarding the two school-leavers $15,000 academic scholarships for the next three years.
23-12-2016
20+ scholarships up for grabs
Australia’s horticulture research and development corporation, Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation), has urged growers and people working in the supply chain to apply for one of 22 scholarships to help propel their businesses to the next level.
23-12-2016
GIA Deed Governance Group December meeting
The GIA Deed Governance Group (DGG) met on 6 December 2016 for its final meeting of 2016 and, indeed, its final meeting under the current governance structure.
23-12-2016
Canadian cat smuggler sent home
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) reports that a Canadian air passenger who tried to sneak her cat into Auckland was refused entry into New Zealand.
23-12-2016
Overcoming trade barriers
Every two years, a report is released setting out the barriers to New Zealand’s horticultural exports.
22-12-2016
FYI: Taiwan actively boosting flower exports
The export of fresh cut flowers has played a very important role in supporting Taiwan’s floriculture industry in the last ten years, especially the exports of its world-famous phalaenopsis.
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