Avocados
World avocado prices double after reduced harvests
If you're a lover of guacamole, chocolate avocado shakes or smashed avocado on toast, get ready to pay more for your fix of the green fruit.
NZ avocado exports cause concern for Aus growers
Woolworths in Australia is importing avocados from New Zealand earlier than usual and this is creating a glut in the market, Avocados Australia says.
'Biggest ever' avocado crop predicted
Good news for avocado lovers: the season is under way, and volumes are expected to hit a record high.
Avocados stolen as black market demand for fruit soars
Avocado thieves are targeting orchards in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty armed with rakes and duvets as carloads of the fruit go missing in the middle of the night. Audio
Barefeet and Avocados
Andreea Misescu grew up in an apartment in communist Romania surrounded by concrete. Now she spends her days tending lush avocado trees on her orchard in Katikati. Andreea, her husband Alin and two… Audio
Barefeet and Avocados
Andreea Misescu grew up in an apartment in communist Romania surrounded by concrete. Now she spends her days tending lush avocado trees on her orchard in Katikati. Andreea, her husband Alin and two…
AudioGuest - Jen Scoular
New Zealand Avocado chief executive Jen Scoular attended the World Avocado Congress in Peru. Audio
Guest - Jen Scoular
New Zealand Avocado chief executive Jen Scoular attended the World Avocado Congress in Peru.
AudioSuccessful Spraying
Ross Tanner had to get up out his chair three times at the inaugural Katikati and Waihi Beach Community Business awards. He won the Agricultural/Horticultural Business of the year award, the Most… Audio
Successful Spraying
Ross Tanner had to get up out his chair three times at the inaugural Katikati and Waihi Beach Community Business awards. He won the Agricultural/Horticultural Business of the year award, the Most…
AudioFresh is Best
Debbie Campbell was a jet-setting corporate businesswoman until she swapped her heels for gumboots when she bought Bay Subtropicals. It is a seven hectare BioGro certified organic property near Takaka… Audio
Fresh is Best
Debbie Campbell was a jet-setting corporate businesswoman until she swapped her heels for gumboots when she bought Bay Subtropicals. It is a seven hectare BioGro certified organic property near Takaka…
AudioAvocado Picking
Avocados for the domestic and overseas markets are coming off trees thick and fast. It will be the biggest crop ever picked in New Zealand and Country Life joins those on the hydra ladders picking the… Audio
