Kiwiflier
Read the latest Kiwiflier newsletter which highlights key industry news and events.
The July 2025 issue of Kiwiflier is available online here.
This edition's key updates include:
- A look at our indicative forecast for the 2025/26 season (p.1), which has Zespri on track to continue to deliver strong value to growers in another record crop year.
- Jason’s CEO column (p. 2) which highlights our progress on maintaining strong sales rates as we deliver what we expect to be a record 213 million trays this season. He also discusses the importance of strengthening our brand presence, monitoring fruit quality, and the continued work taking place towards developing Zespri’s 2035 strategy.
- An overall update on onshore and offshore fruit quality (p.2).
- A feature on our efforts to increase grower share ownership including an update on the LaS and DaS initiatives (p.1 and 3) and the rise in number of growers owning shares growing from 48 percent to around 60 percent, as well as a look at the next stage of our conversation about other options we should consider in further lifting share ownership (p.4).
- An update on our sales for the season (p.5), with sales showcasing a strong season start – delivering more than a third of the estimated full season volume, with more than 76 million trays delivered to date.
- We also explore some key campaigns happening across our markets (p.5-7), including a recent win for the business with our 100% home compostable Zespri fruit label currently being rolled out across our markets and being awarded its first Cannes Lions from the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
- A wrap-up of our participation at this year’s Mystery Creek Fieldays, which was a fantastic opportunity to catch up with growers, our industry colleagues, and the wider primary industry community.
- A look at how we’re driving growth and value in the red kiwifruit category, and some insight into a grower trialist’s experience growing Red80 (p.8).
- A further explanation of our dividend announcement and what this means for shareholders (page 12).
Other articles in this Kiwiflier include:
- Appointment of Chief Supply Chain Officer, Tim Mackle
- Leading kiwifruit industry innovator Russell Lowe retires
- Reminder for nominations for the 2025 New Zealand Kiwifruit Innovation Award
- An update on ZGS season preparations
- Zespri AIMS Games hits record 14,000 entries
- GET: The Month Ahead
- GAP update: GLOBALG.A.P. certified for another year
- Canopy Tip of the Month
- Upcoming events: Zespri Annual Meeting, Shed Talks, Ōtanewainuku Forest Experience, 2025 Zespri Innovation Symposium, 2025 NZKGI AGM, KVH AGM
- Progress payments update
- Shares Update: June
- KNZ Board Election notice
- NZKGI – Bay of Plenty Young Grower Competition winner
- KVH – strengthening connections between industry and Biosecurity New Zealand; Biosecurity top of agribusiness priority list again
- Q&A from the Field
Check out other issues of Kiwiflier here
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