Richard Palmer
Heavy rain damages cherry crop
Heavy rain over New Years created cherries so juicy that many of them burst.
Cherry growers think about half of the crop has been affected, meaning they are no longer fit for export.
Te Aniwa… Audio
Cherry growers hoping to entice Kiwi workers, but still need overseas help
With the border remaining closed to seasonal workers, cherry growers say they will could suffer huge losses during January's peak harvest time.
In the run up to Christmas, orchards hope to entice… Audio
No quick fix for growers under pressure from supermarkets
The chief executive of Summerfruit New Zealand warns there is no quick fix for growers and producers who are under pressure from a powerful supermarket industry.
A government investigation is… Audio
Crunch time for fruitpicker shortage, warnings of export losses
Time is running out to prevent hundreds of millions of dollars of export fruit rotting this summer. The horticulture and viticulture sector has been crying out for workers, and campaigns to attract… Audio
Summer fruit industry targets students to help with harvest
The summer fruit industry has launched a new campaign targeting university students, as it desperately tries to lure in workers for this season's harvest. With the border closed to RSE workers from… Audio
Students Wanted for Orchards
Summerfruit NZ is launching a campaign to attract tertiary students to Central Otago over summer to pick fruit. Audio
Students Wanted for Orchards
Summerfruit NZ is launching a campaign to attract tertiary students to Central Otago over summer to pick fruit.
AudioThe seemingly unsolvable fruit picking shortage
It's the annual story - orchardists can't get fruit pickers at harvest time. Now with no immigrant workers the situation is even more dire. But there's a reason unemployed New Zealanders won't take up… Audio
The seemingly unsolvable fruit picking shortage
It's the annual story - orchardists can't get fruit pickers at harvest time. Now with no immigrant workers the situation is even more dire. But there's a reason unemployed New Zealanders won't take up…
AudioHuge labour shortage looming for summer fruit picking
Huge labour shortage puts upcoming summer fruit picking season in jeopardy. Summer Fruit NZ CEO Richard Palmer talks to The Panel about finding the workers needed from next month. Audio
Stranded seasonal workers headed home
Over 1000 seasonal workers from Vanuatu stranded in New Zealand will finally return home this week, with the first flight departing Christchurch this morning.
The repatriation flights are thanks to a… Audio
Harry speaks on 'great sadness' of giving up royal duties
For the first time Prince Harry has spoken publicly about his great sadness at being forced to give up his royal duties as part of an official exit deal.
At the weekend Buckingham Palace announced… Video, Audio
No evidence of match-fixing: ASB Classic director
Match-fixing suspicions have fallen on Auckland's premier tennis tournament, after the New Zealand Herald reported four matches played in the past five years have caught the eye of investigators. Audio
Royal couple leave NZ for Australia on tour
There's just one more chance to catch a glimpse of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in New Zealand, before they travel to Australia for the next leg of their tour. Audio
The Queen begins 'gentle succession'
Prince Charles will be taking on more of his mother's duties - in what the British media are calling a "job share" arrangement. Audio
Royal newlyweds not due in NZ until 2012
The decision's understood to be based on the convention that royal visits don't take place near general elections. Audio
