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.

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 NZs requirements for bananas and pineapples.

Innovation Well Underway

TROPICAL CLIMATE

Growers like our Green Guru Owen Schafli have already proved that Northlands 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.

Local is healthier

NUTRITION

NZ grown bananas, pineapples and other tropical fruits adapt well to this climate. They ripen more slowly, but as they are not being shipped internationally, these fruits can ripen naturally and evolve to their full nutritional spectrum - very different to the imported fare we buy in supermarkets.

Farms can be cleaner and greener

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

Banana plantations have a role to play in helping to clean the surroundings of dairy effluent ponds, and all parts of the plant are edible for cattle, so the banana plants can potentially replace imported stockfood like PKE.

WANT TO BECOME A MEMBER?

There are two levels of involvement - commercial growers who are Association members, and hobby growers.

1) If you are a commercial grower, and tropical fruitgrowing is part of your business, please pay $100 to Kiwibank 38-9019-0465466-01, with your name as the reference. This covers membership till 31 March 2024. Email tfgnzinfo@gmail.com to let us know you've made your payment and tell us your name, email address, address and mobile number so we can stay in touch with you and add you to the members-only Facebook group.

2) If you are a hobby grower, you can join our private Facebook group free of charge although you won't be a member of the Association. Please email tfgnzinfo@gmail.com your name, email address, phone number and the area where you live. We will allocate you a number which you'll need to apply to join the private Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/TropicalFruitGrowersNZ

We also have a popular free/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