All growers and packers of fruit and vegetables must be registered for Food Act by 28 February 2019. For more information on how the Food Act applies for your business (or to find out if you are exempt), follow the ‘Where do I Fit?’ tool on the MPI website. NZGAP certification meets the requirements of National Programme Level 1 (NP1), so
Continue readingRead Hort NZ CEO – Mike Chapman’s latest blog on the announcement that the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will take effect from 30 December this year. Click here.
Continue readingApplications are now open for the New Zealand Plant Protection Society (NZPPS) Research Scholarship which encourages research on topics relating to control of pests, pathogens, or weeds in primary production, or the natural or human environments. More information can be found on their website, and all applications can be emailed to the Secretary by 1 October 2018.
Continue readingHort NZ have made available the attached document in response to Labour Inspectorate visits and inspections of horticulture businesses – to ensure employers put themselves in the best possible position. Download here for important information on paid rest breaks and zero hour contracts.
Continue readingToday, Horticulture New Zealand chief executive Mike Chapman and Kingi Smiler, Chairman of the Ahuwhenua Management Committee, signed an agreement that will see a horticulture Ahuwhenua Trophy in 2020. Each year the awards recognise a farming sector and horticulture will be on a third year rotation, after dairy (2018) and sheep and beef (2019). Read the full story here.
Continue readingHort NZ’s Mike Chapman talks about the constant concern of all businesses, whether urban or rural based, is that running their business is becoming increasingly harder as profit margins become tighter. Read more in Mike’s latest blog here.
Continue readingHort NZ’s Mike Chapman talks about how the current legislation sets about to achieve a greater degree of co-operation, trust, and fairness between employers and employees in the workplace Read more in Mike’s latest blog here.
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