
TomatoesNZ represents the interests of all commercial fresh tomato growers throughout New Zealand.
Tomatoes are New Zealand's number one selling vegetable. The latest Household Economic Survey figures show New Zealanders bought $99 million worth of tomatoes in 2010.
There are about 150 growers who produce standard and specialty fresh tomatoes that have a farm gate value of $90 million per annum, including $15 million of exports in 2011. The principle export market is Australia and product is also exported to many Pacific Rim and Pacific island countries.
This website, for tomato growers and for people interested in the tomato industry, is funded from the commodity levy paid by New Zealand's commercial fresh tomato growers. Some sections of this website are password protected and only available to active grower members who are paying the Fresh Tomato commodity levy. In order to view these pages you need to login.
01/05/2013
Tomatoes New Zealand today called on the Government to ensure irradiated Australian tomatoes and capsicums supplied to New Zealand retailers are clearly labelled. more....
26/04/2013
BCA project going ahead; AGM & Conference 2013 - save the date!; Proposed levy rate increase; FSANZ approves irradiation application; Season report; Exports more....
22/03/2013
The TomatoesNZ 2013 AGM and conference will be held in WELLINGTON on WED 31 JULY alongside the HortNZ conference on Tuesday 30th July. more....
22/03/2013
An update on TNZ activities for March more....
14/03/2013
Media Release 14 March 2014 more....
15/02/2013
Updates on Austrlian imports, EPA Agrichemical reassessments, GIa and grower visits more....
14/02/2013
In early November 2012, the Environmental Protection Authority released its proposal on the reassessment of a group of 29 organophosphate and carbamate active ingredients, or formulations containing these ingredients. more....
17/12/2012
Tomato Growers are being warned to keep an eye out for crazy roots or agrobacterium, which is becomming a problem in NZ more....
17/12/2012
Former tomato grower and long serving Fresh Tomato Product Group board member Shaun Brannigan reflects on his time in the indsutry more....
17/12/2012
Prices drop in November; Committee meeting update; Seed IHS; BCA project; Webcasts available. more....
12/12/2012
Eating a couple of tomatoes a week could be enough to cut your risk of depression in half, a new study reveals more....
16/11/2012
Levy Referendum - Thank you for your support!; Updated Psyllid compliance programme for tomatoes to Australia more....
01/11/2012
A new schedule for tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) seed for sowing has been added to the import health standard (IHS) for Importation of Seed for Sowing. If you are planning to import tomato seed in future, please take a look at the new schedule and requirements for seed importation. more....
31/10/2012
Short supply in September; Australian IHS update; ETS Amendment Bill; levy refernedum results - thank you for voting! more....
30/09/2012
Scores of New Zealand growers seized the opportunity to benefit from the extensive knowledge of European ‘tomato guru’ Frank Florus during his recent visit to New Zealand. more....
30/09/2012
Proposed IHS for Australian tomato imports; confernce highlights; new Chair appointed; tomato seed IHS; boiler; tuning funding avialable; levy referndum 2012 more....
04/09/2012
NZ's most wanted and most loved vegetables. more....
31/08/2012
Profile of new TomatoesNZ Chair Alasdair MacLeod more....
27/08/2012
In September this year Fresh Tomato Growers will be asked to vote for a new Commodity Levy to replace the one expiring in 2013. The Levy funds TomatoesNZ activities. more....
31/07/2012
NZGrower report on a presentation given by Alasdair MacLeod to the ToamtoesNZ Conference, 25 July 2012 more....
30/07/2012
TomatoesNZ Chair of three years Wim Zwart stepped down at the AGM, after 28 years in tomato sector politics. Report from NZGrower magazine more....
13/07/2012
Draft minutes of the 2012 AGM and conference now available more....
03/07/2012
Tomatoes New Zealand has welcomed the Government’s decision to extend transitional measures designed to reduce the initial cost impacts of the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). more....
21/06/2012
Tomatoes have been hailed as a key factor in maintaining youthful-looking skin, in a scientific study released this week. more....
23/04/2012
Collaboration needed between growers in the summer domestic and export markets. The significant lack of demand in the domestic market and for export to Australia throughout the whole of summer and the subsequent poor returns is a major concern for growers. more....
11/04/2012
Insurance - what are you actually covered for? Check the small print in your policy. A west coast North Island tomato grower was hit very hard by the weather bomb that blasted the island over the weekend of 3 - 4 March. The financial damage is probably in excess of $0.5million. However bad that sounds the structural damage to the glasshouse is enormous without considering the effect on income from the crop loss. more....
01/03/2012
Will there be Queensland tomatoes here this winter? The use of Dimethoate as a field and post harvest insecticide treatment for Queensland fruit fly on tomatoes (and capsicums and other products too) has been banned in Australia. more....
01/02/2012
Carbon credits essential The second round of applications for growers to be included in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Industrial Allocation Scheme has now opened and growers have until April 30, 2012 to apply. more....
01/12/2011
New season tomatoes have been in full supply since late October and returns to growers have suffered as a result and much earlier than should be the case. There has been retailer resistance to reduce their prices and consumer resistance to lift their consumption. more....
08/11/2011
It’s official - the juicy season is finally upon us, and supermarket shelves nationwide are brimming with new season New Zealand tomatoes. more....
20/10/2011
ETS Review report released 16 September The two key recommendations/ main aspects of the review for greenhouse growers & their stationary energy use appear to be more....
20/09/2011
The results of the grower vote in the four crop categories: tomato, capsicum, cucumber and eggplant, on the proposal to combine them in a new product group are: more....