Olives New Zealand is co-ordinating a series of visits in New Zealand by two American professors who are on sabbatical studying the chemistry and health benefits of olive oil. Pat O’Hara is Professor of Chemistry at Amherst College, New England. Her husband Richard Blatchly is Professor of Chemistry at Keene State College in New Hampshire. Their schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, 12 May: Wairarapa – visit to The Olive Press and Loopline Olives, followed by an informal meeting with local growers that evening at the Greytown Hotel. Contact Bruce McCallum for more information – bruce@theolivepress.co.nz.
Wednesday, 13 May: Hawke’s Bay – visit to The Village Press.
Friday, 15 May: Auckland – visit to The Olive Place, followed by an informal meeting with local growers that evening. Contact Margaret Legh for more information – parkhill@xtra.co.nz.
Saturday 16 May: Waiheke Island – visits to Rangihoua and The Waiheke Olive Oil Company.
