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It's almost complete...
Only one week of Harvest 2020 to go. (Weather...
Kiwifruit Billboard Competition Results
A huge thank you to all students who entered our Billboard Drawing Competition. We hope you had as much fun creating your art as we did...
The Great Kiwifruit Billboard Drawing Competition
Apata has launched the Great Kiwifruit Billboard Drawing Competition. First prize includes the winning entry being used over summer on our...
Discovered Totara a link to development's heritage.
Read about Apata's development just outside Gisborne, and the massive Totara tree found 2m below the surface, by clicking the link...
Apata Adopts Living Wage For Permanent Staff
Apata will now pay, at a minimum, a ‘living wage’ to all permanent staff, resulting in a big financial boost for more than 30...
Apata Releases Investment Offer for Kiwifruit Development
Apata is offering, to all interested eligible parties, the opportunity to invest in Rawhiti Orchard Limited Partnership (Rawhiti Orchard...
Apata Classic Car Show 2018
Apata’s Classic Car Show was blessed with warm sunshine and a welcome sea-breeze. With the Mount as a backdrop and the waters of...
Organic Expo a Great Success
A sunny day and light breezes met our prayers for good weather for Apata’s Organic Expo. And so it was that by 10:00am eleven...
Taste Organic Expo
Everyone knows we love organic kiwifruit here at Apata. What's not to love? It's great for the environment and provides excellent...
Erin makes it a three-peat!
We were absolutely thrilled to announce that Erin Atkinson, our Mends Lane based Technical Advisor, took out the Bay of Plenty Young Fruit...
Chris takes the NZ Young Fruit Grower title
As you are all aware Chris Clement won the Bay of Plenty Young Grower of year last month. Chris has now gone on to compete for the Young...
Apata shines at Bay of Plenty Young Fruitgrower of the Year - AGAIN!
It is with great pleasure that we would like to advise the outcome of yesterday's Bay of Plenty Young Fruitgrower event. It was won by...
Craig Ward wins New Zealand Young Fruit Grower of the Year
You may recall at the end of June an announcement that Craig Ward had won the BoP Young Fruitgrower of the Year award. Recently Craig...
Circus antics keep thin grip on sanity
Stu’s Fruit with Stuart Weston. By the time you read this, packhouse staff will likely be curled up in a foetal position in...
2015 BAY OF PLENTY YOUNG FRUIT GROWERS COMPETITION
Yesterday Chris Clement (Line Manager, Mends Lane) and Craig Ward (Technical Manager, Apata GROW) competed in the 2015 Bay of Plenty Young...
Labelling issue all wrapped up
Kiwifruit and leaky buildings seem to have little in common but post-harvest company Apata Group has turned to the building industry for...
Kiwifruit's cultural melting pot
"Deep in the heart of harvest, workers from around New Zealand and the wider Pacific rim descend on kiwifruit hot-spots to help send...
The secret diary of a packhouse manager
Managing director Stuart Weston's column in this month's NZ Kiwifruit Journal. View the article as printed here. 2.37am –...
Post-harvest masochists and adrenaline junkies
For most growers, waving their fruit off at the gate is like sending the kids to school. You’ve toiled and sweated and stressed to...
Growers Propel Apata to Top Spot
On the back of a bumper season, Apata Group Limited is claiming its customers are the secret to its success. Last year was one of the...
Apata / Aerocool Merger
Media Release Wed 06 Nov 2013. APATA AND AEROCOOL TO MERGE Special General Meetings were held yesterday for Apata and Aerocool...