Jul 26, 2017 | Australia, NZ
There’s been a change to the judging panel for the 2017 NZ EVOO Awards, with Dr Lorenzo Cerretani from Italy joining the panel as International Guest Judge. The balance of the panel is Head Judge Dr Giuseppe Di Lecce (Italy), Margi Kirkby (Australia), Charlotte...
Jul 26, 2017 | Environment, NZ
New Zealand’s olive oil producers have had a tough production season. Harvesting is just ending, and for some growers their fruit volume and oil production is less than half last year’s. Andrew Priddle is a Wairarapa olive grower and harvester and said...
Jul 26, 2017 | Environment, EVOO, NZ
We’re sending warm wishes to our NZ grower readers, who are in the midst of ongoing severe winter weather. Harvest is still underway in some areas and frosts are a very real threat – particularly with the Metservice forecast of freezing levels down as low as 100m...
Jul 26, 2017 | General Olive News, Labelling, NZ
All ONZ grower members should now have received Certification documentation and submissions are now open. Don’t miss the opportunity to have your oil wear the trusted OliveMark quality guarantee. Documentation is also available here, along with more information...
Jun 28, 2017 | Environment, NZ
This week has been a worrying one for NZ growers, with Tuesday seeing the arrival of a complex low pressure band bringing rain, thunderstorms and gales, and snow for the South Island. The nzherald.co.nz website reported that MetService had put out severe weather...
