News

Contact our news & media team

If you’re a journalist and would like to speak to one of our team, please contact us here.

T&G’s apple growth strategy is driving higher grower returns

T&G’s apple growth strategy is driving higher grower returns

T&G Global this week announced its grower returns for the 2024 apples season, delivering increased value to its network of Aotearoa New Zealand growers. Returns for its premium ENVY™ and JAZZ™ apple brands are the highest for a number of seasons, delivering over...

T&G Global awards $10,000 horticultural grant to innovative researcher

T&G Global awards $10,000 horticultural grant to innovative researcher

T&G Global is thrilled to share that the recipient of the 2024 Edward Turner Horticulture Futures Grant is Francis Ferrada-Hartley, a Master’s student at Massey University. This prestigious post-graduate grant, valued at $10,000, is designed to support the next...

Stay informed

Subscribe to receive our T&G news, fresh off the press.
Sale of T&G’s crate business to Pact

Sale of T&G’s crate business to Pact

T&G Global Limited (T&G) is pleased to announce that it has agreed to sell its crate hire business, trading as the Fruit Case Company (FCC), to PACT Group Limited (Pact) for $21M (subject to completion adjustments). The assets being sold have a value in...

MOU signals closer collaboration for Zespri and T&G

MOU signals closer collaboration for Zespri and T&G

Zespri and T&G today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) confirming their intention to work together to create value for their respective growers and shareholders. Zespri Chairman Peter McBride and T&G Global Chairman Professor Klaus Josef Lutz signed...

Launching our new Beekist brand at Taste of Auckland

Launching our new Beekist brand at Taste of Auckland

November 5th – 8th marked the 4th annual Taste of Auckland, New Zealand's most celebrated foodie festival showcasing what's hot on the Auckland food scene.  More than 25,000 Aucklanders flocked to Western Springs over the 4 days to try signature dishes from some of...

All Good bananas and T&G Global join forces

All Good bananas and T&G Global join forces

All Good Fairtrade and organic bananas will be available in more stores around New Zealand in an exclusive sales and distribution partnership with T&G (formerly Turners & Growers). T&G’s extensive distribution will allow more Kiwis to be able to buy All...

T&G Scholarship Recipients Shine At Massey Agriculture Awards Dinner

T&G Scholarship Recipients Shine At Massey Agriculture Awards Dinner

The night was bright for two previous T&G scholarship winners at the annual Massey University Agriculture Awards dinner recently. Luke Posthuma and Leander Archer both received multiple awards, beating out other students in the Agricultural field. Luke Posthuma,...

New Zealand Ambassador to France visits orchards growing JAZZ Apples

New Zealand Ambassador to France visits orchards growing JAZZ Apples

Current rivalries between France and New Zealand on the rugby field has not stopped both countries enjoying the mutual benefits of the much sought after Jazz Apple. The New Zealand Ambassador to France, Dr James Kember, recently made a trip to Saint-Aubin-le-Dépeint...

Nikolai Macnee Wins $150,000 Baywa Reseach Scholarship

Nikolai Macnee Wins $150,000 Baywa Reseach Scholarship

Nikolai Macnee, an Auckland University Student, has been awarded a NZD $150,000 scholarship from agricultural giant BayWa AG to complete a four year research-based PhD in the field of horticulture. The scholarship is the first of its kind for BayWa outside of Germany...

A New Look for the Turners & Growers Brand

A New Look for the Turners & Growers Brand

Turners & Growers, the global grower, distributor and exporter of fresh produce, has today launched a refreshed corporate brand that signals a positive change and reflects the new direction of the company. With 117 years of history, the company took careful...

Fresh Partnership With Turners & Growers For Garden To Table

Fresh Partnership With Turners & Growers For Garden To Table

Turners & Growers has partnered with the Garden to Table Trust to support primary schools throughout New Zealand with purpose-built gardens, volunteers and equipment. The Garden to Table Trust operates a curriculum integrated programme where children aged between...

Turners & Growers Announces The Acquisition Of Apollo Apples Ltd

Turners & Growers Announces The Acquisition Of Apollo Apples Ltd

Turners & Growers Limited announced today the proposed acquisition of Hawkes Bay-based Apollo Apples for an initial payment of NZ$36.05million. The acquisition of Apollo, which grows, packs and exports approximately 1.4m cartons of apples every year and owns or...

Turners & Growers announces new growth strategy

Turners & Growers announces new growth strategy

Turners & Growers has announced a new blueprint to generate further growth for the company and drive improvements for growers, customers and consumers.  The company, New Zealand’s leading distributor and marketer of fresh produce, has launched a new corporate...

ENZA Big Crunch

ENZA Big Crunch

The ENZA Big Crunch, to be held on 10 May, will see around 20,000 school children biting into a Jazz apple and, hopefully, entering the pages of the Guinness Book of World Records by successfully beating the record for the most people eating an apple at the same time....

2012 Annual General Meeting

2012 Annual General Meeting

The 91st Annual Meeting of Turners & Growers Limited was held at the Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre on Thursday 28th June  at 2:00pm. The speaking notes from the Turners & Growers CEO, Chairman and Director are available for download  here - Klaus Lutz...

2012 NZ Jazz Season Kicks Off With A Bang

2012 NZ Jazz Season Kicks Off With A Bang

Tuesday 17th of April marked the official opening of the New Zealand Jazz™ Apple season, and so far its shaping up to be the biggest and best yet!  To kick the season off with a bang, more than 2000 Jazz™ Apples were handed out to commuters at Britomart...

Takeover by BayWa has significant benefits

Takeover by BayWa has significant benefits

Turners & Growers Managing Director, Jeff Wesley says the takeover by BayWa Aktiengesellschaft will have significant benefits for New Zealand's fresh produce industries. Mr Wesley, who has announced his retirement from the company after 7 years, says the German...

Stay informed

Subscribe to receive our T&G news, fresh off the press.
Envy shines at Elle Fashion Week

Envy shines at Elle Fashion Week

Envy™ has taken centre stage at Elle Fashion Week Fall/Winter in Bangkok for a second year in a row, refreshing fashionistas with delicious fresh apples and tasty apple pastry treats. Envy™, the official apple of Elle Fashion Week since 2017, was in the...

Australian strawberry update

Australian strawberry update

T&G Global is aware of an issue with contamination of some strawberries coming from farms in Queensland. T&G doesn’t import strawberries from any of the affected farms into New Zealand or sell this fruit in Australia. T&G has full confidence in its...

We’re Front Row at Fashion Week

We’re Front Row at Fashion Week

While designer outfits will be turning heads on the runway, Lotatoes™ and Beekist® will be tantalising taste buds backstage at New Zealand Fashion Week (NZFW). Our mouth-watering, bee-pollinated Beekist® tomatoes and our new low carb Lotatoes™ feature on...

T&G congratulates Cedenco Foods

T&G congratulates Cedenco Foods

T&G Global has congratulated Cedenco Foods New Zealand for being named as ExportNZ Hawke’s Bay ASB Exporter of the Year for 2018. The Gisborne-based business was presented with the award by the head of trade finance at ASB Bank, Mike Atkins, at a sold-out awards...

Orchard Rd heads into homes with Everyday Gourmet

Orchard Rd heads into homes with Everyday Gourmet

Less than seven months after bursting onto the Australian fresh fruit scene, Orchard Rd is heading to the big screen. The premium fruit brands’ Gold Kiwis will feature on Network 10’s Everyday Gourmet show from this Friday (3 August) in recipes created and showcased...

Recognition for pioneer of NZ pipfruit in Europe

Recognition for pioneer of NZ pipfruit in Europe

A pioneer of New Zealand pipfruit sales (apples and pears) into Europe has been officially recognised by his Kiwi peers at a special gala dinner evening in Christchurch. T&G Global's general manager in Europe, Tony Fissette, who lives in Belgium, has worked...

Incident at T&G’s Palmerston North site

Incident at T&G’s Palmerston North site

T&G confirms there was a chemical spill this morning at its Palmerston North site, when packaging company Viscount FCC, which shares the site, was undertaking a crate wash. Emergency services were alerted immediately and the Fire Service has contained the spill...

Young Gardener of the Year Awards Opening Soon

Young Gardener of the Year Awards Opening Soon

Entries officially open to the Young Gardener of the Year Awards next week on Monday 2 July and Kiwi kids nationwide, along with their primary schools, are encouraged to enter! A new category this year, called the T&G Passion for Growing Award, means that any...

T&G ‘Smashes’ Top Australasian Marketing Award With Lotatoes™

T&G ‘Smashes’ Top Australasian Marketing Award With Lotatoes™

T&G Global's New Zealand marketing team has 'smashed' the competition, taking out the PMA Australia-New Zealand 2018 Marketer of the Year Award for its Lotatoes™ potato brand campaign at a gala event in Brisbane. The awards are the premier celebration for...

JAZZ™ re-enters India after six years

JAZZ™ re-enters India after six years

The world’s warmest and largest country is set to enjoy a refreshing break with the arrival of JAZZ™ apples for the first time in six years. A small consignment of JAZZ™ was first tested in 2012 with consumers saying they enjoyed their refreshing flavour...

JAZZ™ Apple Anniversary Day

JAZZ™ Apple Anniversary Day

The countdown has begun until JAZZ™ Apple Anniversary Day is officially marked in Japan following a special celebration in Tokyo yesterday. Chairman of the Japan Anniversary Association, Mr. Kiyoshi Kase, presented T&G Global’s country manager for Japan,...

Earthquake Levy

Due to a recent announcement from NZTA that SH1 between Picton & Christchurch has been re-opened, T&G Transport is now in position to lift the EQ Levy effective 1st June 2018. Please see the attached link for more information on this: Earthquake Levy...

T&G sponsors 2018 Hawke’s Bay Export Awards

T&G sponsors 2018 Hawke’s Bay Export Awards

Hawke’s Bay Export Awards organisers and T&G Global have announced that T&G is a new sponsor of the fourth annual ExportNZ ASB Hawke’s Bay Export Awards to be held in August. The sponsorship is fitting given T&G is New Zealand’s largest fresh produce...

T&G and Seeka reach agreement over kiwifruit operation and assets

T&G and Seeka reach agreement over kiwifruit operation and assets

T&G has reached an agreement regarding the sale of its Kerikeri-based kiwifruit orchards, packhouse facilities and assets to Seeka Limited. The agreement, valued at approximately $40 million will see Seeka purchase T&G’s post-harvest facilities in Kerikeri for...

Kiwi apple remains ‘envy’ of others in USA

Kiwi apple remains ‘envy’ of others in USA

American’s have once again selected New Zealand-born Envy™ apple as their favourite in a consumer competition run by the US Apple Association. The interactive tournament-style competition called on American apple fans to vote for their favourite from 16...

T&G Global Limited Announces New Leadership Appointments

T&G Global Limited Announces New Leadership Appointments

The Board of T&G Global Limited (T&G) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Gareth Edgecombe as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). His commencement date is yet to be confirmed. Additionally, Mr Peter Landon-Lane has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer...

T&G Global confirms sale of processed foods business

T&G Global confirms sale of processed foods business

T&G Global Limited (T&G) has today entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement for the sale of the major assets of its subsidiary ENZAFoods New Zealand Limited (trading as T&G Foods) to Cedenco Foods New Zealand Limited (“Cedenco”). Under the...