NZAPI, December Update
December 15, 2020
Alan Pollard, Chief Executive, New Zealand Apples & Pears Not surprisingly, a large focus for NZAPI remains on seasonal labour. Since my last note, matters have moved at pace. The government . . .
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December 15, 2020
Reflecting on 2020, harvest and lock-down now seems a long time ago with so much taking place in the months since. A national election, on-going border closures and a shrinking . . .
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December 15, 2020
Protect Chris Treneman The impact of Covid-19 on the horticulture sector has been immense. An industry that was a lifeline to many workers during Covid- 19, the industry now finds . . .
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December 15, 2020
Richard Mills, Summerfruit NZ Market Support We talk about the weather, look at the forecast twice a day, watch the sky as thunderstorms go over, but it is our reality. We know . . .
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December 15, 2020
Jens Liesebach, KGI Lower North Island Representative Zespri continues to adopt a multi-faceted approach to address unauthorised SunGold plantings in China, with 4000ha now estimated in the ground. The majority . . .
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December 15, 2020
John Wilton The 2021 harvest will be very challenging in regard to labour. There is a lot of misinformation circulating in regard to pay rates and working conditions. This needs . . .
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December 15, 2020
Dr Kathleen Kozyniak Principal Scientist Air Hawke’s Bay Regional Council The deluge in Napier and other parts of the region on the 9th November was enough to cast shade on . . .
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November 13, 2020
Dr Kathleen Kozyniak Principal Scientist Air Hawke’s Bay Regional Council What a difference a day makes. We’re still waiting to see the full effects, but the heavy rain on the . . .
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November 13, 2020
Alan Pollard, Chief Executive, New Zealand Apples & Pears The NZAPI team is very busy across all of their respective areas of responsibility. The most topical and urgent work, unsurprisingly, is . . .
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