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Wairarapa Sweeps NZ Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards, 2020 Best Year Yet

October 11, 2020

Wairarapa Olive Oil makers have swept the annual NZ Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards, winning four of the five major awards for Olive Oil Excellence, with the region’s growers also taking home 58 medals. The New Zealand Olive Oil Awards began in...Read more

New Zealand bags seven gold medals at global competition

May 27, 2020

Latest media coverage: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/121596208/nz-olive-oil-makers-bag-seven-gold-medals-at-global-competition ...Read more

Focus Grove Project features on Rural Delivery

May 16, 2020

Here is the link to the Rural Delivery programme that featured the Olives NZ Focus Grove Project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ19JBZuCgM&t ...Read more

New Zealand takes SEVEN Gold at New York!

May 12, 2020

The results of the 2020 New York International Olive Oil Competition have been released. This is arguably the most prestigious competition in the world and this year attracted 900 entries from 26 countries. This year 396 Gold and 188 Silver medals...Read more

COVID- 19 National Alert Level 3

April 25, 2020

As from midnight 27 April 2020 New Zealand moves from National Alert Level 4 to Alert Level 3 in response to COVID-19. Moving to Alert Level 3 means that all horticulture activities can resume, as long as the same strict health and safety practices...Read more

Focus Grove Project -Organic Approach

April 23, 2020

Many thanks to the Australian Olive Association for their permission to make the following article, originally published in the March 2020 issue of the Australian & New Zealand Olivegrower and Processor magazine, available. NZ Focus Grove...Read more

Great article on the Focus Grove Project

November 27, 2019

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/117740522/growers-more-than-double-olive-production-with-new-techniques?cid=app-android&fbclid=IwAR2yWJXZ2m8Sph-weZjShCeGSa1C9bZ0RJOaXd43UlWy_Pf3iNLbPuJKpH4...Read more

2019 NZ EVOO Awards – Story Book

October 15, 2019

To see photos of the 2019 NZ EVOO Awards, Judging, Judge’s Tour and the Awards Dinner, click here 2019 NZ EVOO Awards Story Book...Read more

New Zealand’s Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards – Top Honours Announced

October 14, 2019

Winners in New Zealand’s most prestigious competition for olive oil were announced last night at a formal dinner held in Wellington. The New Zealand Extra Virgin Olive Awards are run by Olives New Zealand, the national organisation for olive oil...Read more

2019 New Zealand Extra Virgin Olive Oil Awards

July 11, 2019

Once again Olives New Zealand has an excellent judging panel for 2019. Head Judge is Dr Agusti J, Romero from Spain. From Australia – Helen Taylor (former Australian Panel Leader) and Dr Soumi Paul Mukhopadhyay (DPI’s Sensory and...Read more

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