Horticulture Links

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Industry Associations

Avocado Industry Council
Harrington House
Harington Street
TAURANGA
Tel: 64 7 571 6147
Fax: 64 7 571 6145
e-mail: ceo@nzavocado.co.nz

Nursery and Garden Industry Association
Hope Gibbons Building
52-70 Taranaki St
PO Box 3443
WELLINGTON
Ph: (04) 385 3511
Fax: (04) 385 3598

NZ Fruit Growers Federation
34 Phurleigh Grove
Karori
WELLINGTON
Ph: (04) 476 4008, Fax: (04) 476 4009

ZESPRI International Ltd (Kiwifruit Marketing)
PO Box 9906
Auckland
Ph: (09) 367 7500
Fax (09) 367 0220

NZ VegFed  
NZ Vegetable and Potato Growers Federation Inc 
Agriculture House, 12 Johnston St
Wellington
Ph: (04) 472 3795
Fax: (04) 772 1861

ENZA
NZ Apple and Pear Marketing Board 
Head Office, NZAPMB Building
11-17 Bolton St
WELLINGTON
Ph: (04) 473 1420
Fax: (04) 472 2980

FloraFed
(NZ Flower Industry Federation)
PO Box 2175
Wellington
Ph: (04) 472 4730
Fax: (04) 494 9989
email marie@pims.co.nz 

Landscape Industry's Association of NZ (LIANZ)
PO Box 5523
AUCKLAND
Ph: (09) 444 4345
Fax: (09) 444 4345

New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority
Huddart Parker Building
Post Office Square
PO Box 1417
Wellington
Ph: (04) 471 0451
Fax: (04) 471 2474
e-mail: gerard@pims.co.nz

NZ Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated (NZKGI)
PO Box 4043
MT MAUNGANUI STH
Ph: (07) 575 1600
Fax: (07) 575 1647
email: berryp@kiwi.co.nz

Crown Research Institutes

HortResearch
PO Box 31-313
LOWER HUTT
Ph: (04) 569 0000
Fax: (04) 569 0372

Crop and Food Research
Levin Research Centre
Private Bag 4005
LEVIN
Ph: (06) 368 7059
Fax: (06) 368 3578

New Zealand Web Sites useful for Horticulture:

Christchurch Botanic Gardens
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Parks/Gardens
Take a virtual stroll around the gardens. Provides information sheets about aspects of gardening.

Farmnews
http://www.farmnews.co.nz
Range of articles on horticultural topics under various headings. Click on the links which closely match your subject area.

The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
http://www.topnz.ac.nz
Provides a wide-ranging coverage for horticulture tertiary training, provided through distance learning.

New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research
http://www.crop.cri.nz/index.html
Site of the Crown Research Institute, Crop and Food Research. Contains information on new and trial crops.

NZ Gardens Online
http://www.netlist.co.nz/gardens
An interactive forum offering; advice links to catalogues information on gardening in New Zealand.

HortNZ
http://www.hortnet.co.nz
Developed by HortResearch, the site offers access to: articles and papers, daily news features, information about horticultural events, links to industry organisations. Features its own search engine.

HortPlus
http://www.hortplus.com
Commercial New Zealand site with much useful information. Checkout the free stuff page - http://www.hortplus.com/FreeStuf/FreeStuf.htm  - for resources such as Winter chilling around New Zealand, Spray Calculator, Graph Master, Historical MetWatch weather files, Weather information on the web and Stress Relief!

Ultragro New Zealand Limited
http://www.ultragro.pl.net
New Zealand site on sphagnum moss products, organic growing media.

International Web Sites useful for Horticulture:

National Gardening Association Home Page
http://www.garden.org/
A site from the US National Gardening Association offering access to NG Magazine, a horticultural dictionary, articles and gardening tips.

 

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