TROPICAL FRUIT GROWERS OF NEW ZEALAND
Inspiring Sustainable and Profitable Agriculture in New Zealand
TROPICAL FRUIT GROWERS OF NEW ZEALAND
Not only can we grow tropical plants in New Zealand, we can actually use our wonderful climate and our local expertise to bring new prosperity to New Zealand grown fruit.
Reclaiming the Tropical Fruit market with homegrown
OUR AIM
Tropical fruits are imported by the tonne into New Zealand, yet we are just a few steps away from supplying the bulk of the country's requirements-and with a much more nutritious product.
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Watch Seven Sharp's TV feature on us for a great overview.
The numbers add add up
ECONOMICS
Northtec has prepared an economic study on the positive impact of co-ordinating and increasing Northland banana production so that we can supply the bulk of NZ's requirements for bananas and pineapples.
Innovation Well Underway
TROPICAL CLIMATE
Growers like our Green Guru Owen Schafli have already proved that Northland's climate can successfully grow pineapples, sugar cane, coffee, bananas and prickly pears on a commercial scale.
Warmer areas south of Auckland can most likely do this too.
The future of farming
TIME TO DIVERSIFY?
Bananas are worth a closer look given this season's cuts in the dairy payout. A cash crop to supplement farm income; benefits for effluent mitigation; stems and foliage create stock feed; a better use of land that can only support lighter stock weight - and bananas self-propagate over time.
WANT TO GET IN TOUCH?
If you'd like to find out more about growing tropical fruit in New Zealand, get in touch with other growers or tell us what you're doing then email tfgnzinfo@gmail.com so we can stay in touch with you and add you to our private Facebook group which you can find at https://www.facebook.com/groups/TropicalFruitGrowersNZ
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Note: Tropical Fruitgrowers' Incorporated Society, which ran for 10 years, has applied to be dissolved. The 2025 committee decided the incorporated society structure was no longer necessary and due to the requirement to develop a new constitution and the lack of new committee members and officers coming forward, the decision was made to move to a social media based organisation rather than a formal incorporated society.
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​We have a popular public group called 'Banana Growers of NZ' you can join - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BananaGrowersNZ and a public page https://www.facebook.com/TropicalFruitGrowersNZ
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​You can also call former Chairman Hugh Rose on 027 4391572
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