Australian horticultural scientist Alison Mathews discusses six-spotted mite

St Paul’s Presbyterian Church, cnr Mail Road and Mulligan Street, Katikati St Paul’s Presbyterian Church, cnr Mail Road and Mulligan Street, Katikati, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

New Zealand Avocado and Plant & Food Research invite you to a presentation from Alison Mathews on Thursday 23 June (1:30 - 4:00pm) at St Paul’s Presbyterian Church, corner Mail Road and Mulligan Street, Katikati. Alison Mathews is a research scientist in the Horticulture & Irrigated Agriculture division of the Western Australia Department of Primary […]

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Field day: Bay of Plenty – Te Puke, 8 September 2022

NZ Avocado invites you to join us for a field day on Thursday 8 September 2022 from 1.00pm - 3.00pm at Laura Schultz’s orchard, 630 Rangiuru Rd, Te Puke. Laura is the 2022 Bay of Plenty Young Fruit Grower of the year winner and is both a grower and Trevelyan’s grower representative. Phil Elmer from […]

Field day: Bay of Plenty – Katikati, 15 September 2022

NZ Avocado invites you to join us for a field day on Thursday 15 September 2022 from 1.00pm - 3.00pm at Carol Palmer and Alistair Niven’s orchard, 360 Wharawhara Rd, Katikati. Alistair and Carol are reasonably new growers with a mix of both mature trees and young trees that are just coming into production. Phil […]

Field day: Far North – Awanui, 28 September 2022

NZ Avocado invites you to join us for a field day on Wednesday 28 September 2022 from 1.00pm - 3.00pm at Ian Fulton and Ivan Stanisich orchard, 13 Heath Rd, Awanui. Ian and Ivan have a lot of growing experience between them and have been developing a new orchard together on Heath Rd. Come along […]

Field day: Whangarei, 29 September 2022

Helen Martin’s orchard, 665 Ngunguru Road, Whangarei. 665 Ngunguru Road, Whangarei, New Zealand

NZ Avocado invites you to join us for a field day on Thursday 29 September 2022 from 10.00am - 12.00pm at Helen Martin’s orchard, 665 Ngunguru Road, Whangarei. Helen took over the management of the orchard several years ago and has started reducing the height of trees on the orchard by stag horning one block. […]

Alison Matthews six-spotted mite research – online webinar

Online webinar , New Zealand

Alison Mathews is a research scientist in the Horticulture & Irrigated Agriculture division of the Western Australia Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) based at Manjimup in Western Australia. Alison is currently leading a project on six-spotted mites in Western Australian avocados funded by Horticulture Innovation Australia. The aim of the project is […]

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Practical tips to get the most out of your irrigation: Katikati, 25 November 2022

Fred and Gillian Willis’s orchard, 171 Walker Road East, Katikati.

NZ Avocado and Apata invites you to join us to cover some practical tips to manage your irrigation on Friday, 25 November 2022 from 10.00pm – 12.00pm at Fred and Gill Willis’s orchard, 171 Walker Road East, Katikati. Irrigation and soil moisture management is playing an increasing role in orchard management and has a big influence […]

Practical tips to get the most out of your irrigation: Te Puke, 2 December 2022

Laura Schultz orchard, 630 Rangiuru Rd, Te Puke.

NZ Avocado and Trevelyan’s invites you to join us for a workshop on 2 Dec 2022 from 1.00pm – 3.00pm at Laura Schultz orchard, 630 Rangiuru Rd, Te Puke. Irrigation and soil moisture management is playing an increasing role in orchard management and has a big influence on your orchard performance. Come, see, hear and participate in […]

Trialling growing avocados on wire: Katikati, 6 December 2022

Frank and Coryl Baggenstos’ orchard 21b Hayward Rd, Whakamarama 21b Hayward Road, Whakamarama, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Come and learn about different production systems for growing avocados. NZ Avocado invites you to join us on Frank and Coryl Baggenstos’ orchard to look at some trials of growing avocado trees on wire on Tuesday, 6 December 2022 from 1.00pm – 3.00pm at 21b Hayward Rd, Whakamarama. Growers are not short of challenges at […]

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Irrigation & soil moisture management workshop: Houhora, 15 December 2022

Cracklin Rosie orchard, 168 Heath Rd, Waiharara, Northland. 168 Heath Road, Waiharara, Northland, New Zealand

NZ Avocado and Seeka invites you to join us for a workshop on 15 December 2022 from 12.30pm – 2.30pm at Cracklin Rosie orchard, 168 Heath Rd, Waiharara, Northland. Irrigation and soil moisture management is critical to orchard performance. Come see, hear and participate in some practical activities to understand how to get the most […]

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Northland spray rule changes – upcoming meeting

Online Zoom Meeting , New Zealand

Spray rules in Northland have changed. These changes are now being enforced and both growers and spray contractors  need to be aware of the details and impact (more information was recently communicated in Avoconnect, click here to read). A meeting is being held with Northland Regional Council staff in February to help clarify the new […]

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NZAGA roadshows – Wednesday 8 February 2023, Houhora

86 Hukatere road, Pukenui, 0484

Throughout February 2023, NZ Avocado are hosting a series of grower roadshows in Northland and the Bay of Plenty as part of the consultation process for potential changes proposed to the NZAGA rules. This is a chance for growers to give feedback and discuss the proposed changes with the Executive in preparation for the Special […]

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Register for upcoming drone meetings in the Far North and Bay of Plenty