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Processing Practices with Pablo Canamasas

February 21, 2024

Olives New Zealand is offering a two day seminar on “Processing Practices with Pablo Canamasas” in Rangitikei on Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th April 2024 “Processing Practices” will focus on how best practice processing will give you the...Read more

South Island’s Olive Oil Producers have Emerged as the Champions

October 18, 2023

Congratulations to Robinsons Bay Olives winner of Best in Show and Isobel Olives Picual winner of Best Boutique oil in the 2023 New Zealand Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards. This prestigious event sponsored by HortiCentre Charitable Trust, was held in...Read more

Olive Oil Tasting

August 4, 2023

Reni Hildenbrand has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to tasting olive oils. She widely recognised across South Africa for her tastings courses and has sat on numerous international awards tasting panels over the years. Olives New Zealand is...Read more

Kapiti and Wairarapa Dominate NZ Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards

October 19, 2022

Kapiti and Wairarapa Olive Oil makers have dominated the annual New Zealand Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards, winning four of the five major awards for Olive Oil Excellence. The New Zealand Olive Oil Awards began in 2000 and recognise excellence in...Read more

High Value Nutrition Project – He Rourou Whai Painga

July 19, 2022

Olives New Zealand is a proud supporter of the project. Through the generosity of members, some 990 litres of New Zealand Extra Virgin Olive Oil has been supplied. Read more...Read more

Judging EVOO and Flavoured Oils Seminar

July 15, 2022

The seminar will be led by Dr Soumi Paul Mukhopadhyay, Soumi (pronounced “Show – me”) is New South Wales Department of Primary Industries’ (NSW DPI) Sensory and Consumer Research Scientist for Horticultural research. She led the Hort...Read more

Consumer NZ reviews olive oils sold in New Zealand

February 14, 2022

Consumer NZ has recently completed a review of 20 Extra Virgin Olive Oils sold in New Zealand. Whilst the good news was that all products were assessed as Extra Virgin and two of our members (Olivo and Kapiti) received the highest awards, the sad...Read more

High Value Nutrition Project – He Rourou Whai Painga

December 5, 2021

An exciting new project funded by MBIE provides an opportunity to showcase NZ EVOO. This is the High Value Nutrition Project – He Rourou Whai Painga. The project is led by a consortium of partners including Auckland, Canterbury and Massey...Read more

Kapiti and Wairarapa sweep the NZ Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards 2021

October 12, 2021

Kapiti and Wairarapa Olive Oil makers have swept the annual New Zealand Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards, winning all of the five major awards for Olive Oil Excellence. The winners were announced  at the Olives NZ 2021 Award Ceremony held at...Read more

2021 Certification – new record set

September 18, 2021

A new record has been set with 218 oils submitted for Certification in 2021 and a few late comers expected. This heads off the previous record of 217 oils in 2016. The following table shows Certification data for the past 10 years...Read more

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