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The one trick to growing olives anywhere

Hampshire’s Test Valley in Southern England has good soils, well-drained hillsides, long cold winters, hot dry summers, and sometimes it rains unexpectedly for two years straight. It could be New Zealand, particularly the east of this country, well away from...

Olives NZ 2015 AGM

The 2015 ONZ AGM will be held at Greytown next Saturday, 28 March, starting at 11am. Morning tea will be available from 10.30 and to assist in seating and catering, please RSVP your attendance to EO Gayle Sheridan at admin@olivesnz.org.nz. The AGM Agenda, 2014 Draft...

Herb Awareness Week: make your own calendula skin salve

One of my favourite infused oils that can be used for a variety of ailments is calendula oil, and it’s a great herb to start with in salve-making. Calendula is an excellent herb for skin irritations, including rashes, scratches, cuts, inflammation and minor...

Drought may bite olive harvest

Last year a record olive harvest was recorded in many parts of the country, helped by hot, dry summer conditions. Olives New Zealand’s president, Andrew Taylor, said it was too early to say what this year’s harvest would be like from region to region,...

2015 ONZ Conference cancelled

Unfortunately, due to a low number of registrations, the 2015 Olives NZ Conference and associated workshops/seminars have been cancelled. ONZ EO Gayle Sheridan said that, while the past three annual conferences have been well supported by members, a number of factors...