News & Events

Updates cover how we see and solve reoccurring problems, fruit block conversions, the Government’s Gene Technology Bill, the ongoing fruit quality conversation, fleet vehicle emissions, and a fun video of our top ten 2025 wins!

Updates cover the recent Zespri Momentum conference, the upcoming 2026 kiwifruit season, kiwifruit in China, ensuring the success of the Zespri brand, and the addition of coolstore #45!

Updates cover how supply chain accountability boosts returns, corporate farming impacts, storm damage and avocado support, a recent organics meeting, sustainability partnerships, and a new sizer upgrade in the packhouse.

In the U.S., the avocado industry actively connects with the Super Bowl, and it all began in 2015, when an avocado brand was the first fresh produce company to purchase Super Bowl ad time.

Unlike apples or citrus, the exterior of an avocado offers little visual promise of what ripeness lies beneath its skin.

So, a superfood is a term used for when a food or foodgroup contains exceptional nutritional properties; and what’s inside an avocado is genuinely impressive.