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PVR Act amendments will strengthen and protect New Zealand’s innovation investments
T&G Global welcomes the Government’s proposed amendments to the Plant Variety Rights (PVR) Act 2022. T&G Global CEO, Gareth Edgecombe, says the changes will strengthen the horticulture sector’s ability to compete globally and return increased value to New...
T&G Global in advanced discussions to divest its New Zealand fresh produce, Fijian and Pacific businesses
T&G has selected a preferred option for the T&G Fresh business and is in advanced discussions to finalise terms with: (1) J & P Turner Limited (or nominee) (“the Turner family”), for it to acquire T&G’s New Zealand fresh produce business and (2)...
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T&G Fresh announce bumper satsuma season with sweet, high-quality mandarins now in stores
T&G Fresh has launched its 2026 satsuma mandarin season, with new season fruit now available in stores nationwide. A bumper crop is set to deliver plentiful supply for Aotearoa New Zealand consumers. Following a balanced growing season and an ‘on year’ for...
T&G’s premium ENVY™ apple becomes New Zealand’s first billion-dollar apple brand
T&G Global’s premium ENVY™ apple brand has surpassed NZD $1 billion in global retail sales, becoming the first apple brand from Aotearoa New Zealand to reach this milestone. The result reflects sustained global demand and years of investment in T&G’s...
Positive global demand and high-quality crop drive strong start to T&G’s premium apple season
T&G Global’s premium branded apples portfolio has started 2026 strongly, with solid sales for Northern Hemisphere fruit across domestic and export markets, and an excellent crop of great tasting Aotearoa New Zealand fruit being harvested and exported to key...
Premium apple demand underpins positive T&G Global result
At a glance: Total revenue: $1.6 billion, up from $1.4 billion Operating profit: $46.9 million, up from $12.7 million Net profit before income tax $21.9 million, up from $6.8 million loss Net profit after income tax $16.0 million, up from $9.9 million loss T&G...
VentureFruit strengthens North American footprint through new strategic berry partnership
VentureFruit, the global plant variety management and commercialisation company, is accelerating its growth in North America’s high value berries category to help meet consumer demand for premium berries. The Company is introducing its portfolio of superior blueberry...
Demand for premium ENVY™ apples accelerates across Asia ahead of Lunar New Year and Tết
Demand for T&G Global’s premium ENVY™ apples continues to grow across key Asian markets, with significant uplifts in China, Viet Nam and Thailand ahead of Lunar New Year and Tết Nguyên Đán (Tết) celebrations. During the 2026 Lunar New Year and Tết trading...
T&G wins another judicial victory in the Supreme People’s Court for protecting IP rights in China and enforcement of earlier judgement results in illegal trees being destroyed
T&G Global Limited (T&G) has had another significant legal victory in the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China, again successfully defending the plant variety rights of its premium Scilate apple variety. In late December 2025, the Supreme...
T&G awards 2026 Edward Turner Horticulture Futures Grant to Lincoln University post-graduate
T&G Global announced today that Ellie Brock, a Master’s student at Lincoln University, is the recipient of the 2026 Edward Turner Horticulture Futures Grant. Valued at $10,000, the grant supports emerging science and business leaders whose work has the potential...
STELLAR™ apple trees win silver in the SIVAL innovation awards
STELLAR™ (‘HOT81A1’), a next-generation apple variety specifically bred for hot and warming climates, has been recognised with a Silver Award in the SIVAL Varietal Innovation Competition for 2026 in Angers, France, marking a significant international milestone...
Increased 2025 grower returns reflect momentum in T&G’s Apples business
T&G Global’s 2025 Aotearoa New Zealand apple season has delivered higher returns for growers, reflecting strong global consumer demand and pricing across its premium ENVY™ and JAZZ™ apple brands. Across 2025, T&G will pay a total of $172 million...
Two iconic New Zealand apple varieties mark 40 years
This spring marks 40 years since the beginning of two of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most successful apples—Scifresh, and Scilate, marketed as JAZZ™ and ENVY™ respectively. Developed in 1985 by scientists at the Bioeconomy Science Institute (then part of DSIR), and...
Encouraging innovation in horticulture: 2026 Edward Turner Grant opens for applications
T&G Global invites postgraduate students to apply for the 2026 Edward Turner Horticulture Futures Grant, a $10,000 scholarship recognising emerging talent and fostering innovation across Aotearoa New Zealand’s horticulture sector. As one of the country’s leading...
TUTTI™ apple wins global recognition for climate-smart innovation
The first apple in the world bred specifically for hot climates, ‘HOT84A1’ – marketed as TUTTI™, has won first place in the Fresh Produce category at the Innovation Hub Awards at Fruit Attraction 2025 in Madrid, Spain. The Innovation Hub Awards recognise products that...
T&G Fresh and Kaikohe Berryfruit partner to expand berry operations in Te Taitokerau Northland
T&G Fresh and Ngāpuhi-owned Kaikohe Berryfruit Limited Partnership have announced a joint venture to expand berry operations in Te Taitokerau Northland to help meet the growing demand from New Zealanders for premium berries, while strengthening the iwi’s...
VentureFruit partners with Joy Wing Mau to expand climate-resilient TUTTI™ apples in China
VentureFruit has announced a major step in the global expansion of TUTTI™ apples, the world’s first apple specifically bred to tolerate hot climates, with the appointment of a new exclusive growing and sales partner in China. Under the agreement, Joy Wing Mau, a...
T&G Global reports its 2025 interim results
At a glance: Revenue: $920.6 million, up from $820.1 million Operating profit: $18.1 million, compared to a loss of $2.6 million Net profit before tax: $2.3 million, compared to a loss of $8.2 million Net profit after tax: $1.7 million, compared to a loss of $18.6...
T&G Global and Roc Partners join forces to deliver a large-scale Hawke’s Bay horticultural re-development
T&G Global and Roc Partners have entered into a Collaboration Agreement, focused on expanding Aotearoa New Zealand’s supply of premium export apples. The collaboration will see 40 hectares of T&G’s premium JOLI™ and ENVY™ apple brands planted across two...
T&G Global and Sandher form strategic relationship to lead North American cherry exports
With over 8–10 million pounds of premium cherries annually, Sandher engages T&G Global for the sales and marketing of their cherries from Canada. T&G Global is proud to announce a new strategic relationship with Sandher Fruit Packers—a premier Canadian cherry...
T&G Global expands presence in Asia with new office in Taiwan
T&G Global has today announced it will open a Taiwan office in June 2025, marking an important milestone in the company's growth and expansion in Asia. With a population of 23 million, strong trading relations between Taiwan and New Zealand and Taiwanese consumers...
Strong global demand drives new season launch of Aotearoa New Zealand ENVY™ apples
The first containers of T&G’s new season Aotearoa New Zealand premium ENVY™ branded apples departed Napier Port this week, bound for Shanghai, China. Harvested in Tairāwhiti Gisborne, the departing fruit signals the start of a busy export period for Aotearoa New...
T&G celebrates strong start to 2025 JAZZ™ apple harvest
The new season apple harvest in Aotearoa New Zealand is off to an excellent start, with the first of T&G Global’s premium JAZZ™ branded apples being harvested last week. This marks the beginning of a strong season for T&G’s premium global apple brands and...
T&G welcomes significant success in protecting its IP rights under China’s new Seed Law
T&G Global welcomes the recent Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China judgement upholding an earlier landmark ruling regarding the protection of its Scilate apple plant variety rights. This verdict upholds the earlier ruling by the Lanzhou...
T&G appoints new Director
T&G Global today announces the appointment of Philipp Trachtenberg as a Non-Independent Director, effective 10 March 2025. Philipp Trachtenberg has extensive experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic business development. He is...
Improved Apples performance signals bounce back for T&G Global
At a glance: • Revenue: $1.36 billion, up from $1.33 billion • Operating profit/(loss): $12.7 million, up from ($45.6 million) • Net loss before tax: ($6.8 million), up from ($64.2 million) • Net loss after tax: ($9.9 million), up from ($46.6 million) High demand for...
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PVR Act amendments will strengthen and protect New Zealand’s innovation investments
T&G Global welcomes the Government’s proposed amendments to the Plant Variety Rights (PVR) Act 2022. T&G Global CEO, Gareth Edgecombe, says the changes will strengthen the horticulture sector’s ability to compete globally and return increased value to New...
T&G Global in advanced discussions to divest its New Zealand fresh produce, Fijian and Pacific businesses
T&G has selected a preferred option for the T&G Fresh business and is in advanced discussions to finalise terms with: (1) J & P Turner Limited (or nominee) (“the Turner family”), for it to acquire T&G’s New Zealand fresh produce business and (2)...
T&G Fresh announce bumper satsuma season with sweet, high-quality mandarins now in stores
T&G Fresh has launched its 2026 satsuma mandarin season, with new season fruit now available in stores nationwide. A bumper crop is set to deliver plentiful supply for Aotearoa New Zealand consumers. Following a balanced growing season and an ‘on year’ for...
T&G’s premium ENVY™ apple becomes New Zealand’s first billion-dollar apple brand
T&G Global’s premium ENVY™ apple brand has surpassed NZD $1 billion in global retail sales, becoming the first apple brand from Aotearoa New Zealand to reach this milestone. The result reflects sustained global demand and years of investment in T&G’s...
Positive global demand and high-quality crop drive strong start to T&G’s premium apple season
T&G Global’s premium branded apples portfolio has started 2026 strongly, with solid sales for Northern Hemisphere fruit across domestic and export markets, and an excellent crop of great tasting Aotearoa New Zealand fruit being harvested and exported to key...
Premium apple demand underpins positive T&G Global result
At a glance: Total revenue: $1.6 billion, up from $1.4 billion Operating profit: $46.9 million, up from $12.7 million Net profit before income tax $21.9 million, up from $6.8 million loss Net profit after income tax $16.0 million, up from $9.9 million loss T&G...
VentureFruit strengthens North American footprint through new strategic berry partnership
VentureFruit, the global plant variety management and commercialisation company, is accelerating its growth in North America’s high value berries category to help meet consumer demand for premium berries. The Company is introducing its portfolio of superior blueberry...
Demand for premium ENVY™ apples accelerates across Asia ahead of Lunar New Year and Tết
Demand for T&G Global’s premium ENVY™ apples continues to grow across key Asian markets, with significant uplifts in China, Viet Nam and Thailand ahead of Lunar New Year and Tết Nguyên Đán (Tết) celebrations. During the 2026 Lunar New Year and Tết trading...
T&G wins another judicial victory in the Supreme People’s Court for protecting IP rights in China and enforcement of earlier judgement results in illegal trees being destroyed
T&G Global Limited (T&G) has had another significant legal victory in the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China, again successfully defending the plant variety rights of its premium Scilate apple variety. In late December 2025, the Supreme...
T&G awards 2026 Edward Turner Horticulture Futures Grant to Lincoln University post-graduate
T&G Global announced today that Ellie Brock, a Master’s student at Lincoln University, is the recipient of the 2026 Edward Turner Horticulture Futures Grant. Valued at $10,000, the grant supports emerging science and business leaders whose work has the potential...
STELLAR™ apple trees win silver in the SIVAL innovation awards
STELLAR™ (‘HOT81A1’), a next-generation apple variety specifically bred for hot and warming climates, has been recognised with a Silver Award in the SIVAL Varietal Innovation Competition for 2026 in Angers, France, marking a significant international milestone...
Increased 2025 grower returns reflect momentum in T&G’s Apples business
T&G Global’s 2025 Aotearoa New Zealand apple season has delivered higher returns for growers, reflecting strong global consumer demand and pricing across its premium ENVY™ and JAZZ™ apple brands. Across 2025, T&G will pay a total of $172 million...
Two iconic New Zealand apple varieties mark 40 years
This spring marks 40 years since the beginning of two of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most successful apples—Scifresh, and Scilate, marketed as JAZZ™ and ENVY™ respectively. Developed in 1985 by scientists at the Bioeconomy Science Institute (then part of DSIR), and...
Encouraging innovation in horticulture: 2026 Edward Turner Grant opens for applications
T&G Global invites postgraduate students to apply for the 2026 Edward Turner Horticulture Futures Grant, a $10,000 scholarship recognising emerging talent and fostering innovation across Aotearoa New Zealand’s horticulture sector. As one of the country’s leading...
TUTTI™ apple wins global recognition for climate-smart innovation
The first apple in the world bred specifically for hot climates, ‘HOT84A1’ – marketed as TUTTI™, has won first place in the Fresh Produce category at the Innovation Hub Awards at Fruit Attraction 2025 in Madrid, Spain. The Innovation Hub Awards recognise products that...
T&G Fresh and Kaikohe Berryfruit partner to expand berry operations in Te Taitokerau Northland
T&G Fresh and Ngāpuhi-owned Kaikohe Berryfruit Limited Partnership have announced a joint venture to expand berry operations in Te Taitokerau Northland to help meet the growing demand from New Zealanders for premium berries, while strengthening the iwi’s...
VentureFruit partners with Joy Wing Mau to expand climate-resilient TUTTI™ apples in China
VentureFruit has announced a major step in the global expansion of TUTTI™ apples, the world’s first apple specifically bred to tolerate hot climates, with the appointment of a new exclusive growing and sales partner in China. Under the agreement, Joy Wing Mau, a...
T&G Global reports its 2025 interim results
At a glance: Revenue: $920.6 million, up from $820.1 million Operating profit: $18.1 million, compared to a loss of $2.6 million Net profit before tax: $2.3 million, compared to a loss of $8.2 million Net profit after tax: $1.7 million, compared to a loss of $18.6...