23 JANUARY 2012 - Keeping Skilled Kiwifruit Industry Workers in the Bay

NZKGI has appointed an employment co-ordinator in the Bay of Plenty in an effort to retain skilled kiwifruit industry workers in the region as the impact of the vine-killing disease Psa begins to spread.

A full copy of our Media Release is available for download below.

During the 2008 Harvest, NZKGI filmed and developed Best Practice for Harvesting DVD that will provide growers and post-harvest operators with a training tool to help train new growers, supervisors, contractors and pickers in the principles of best practice for harvesting.

The development of the DVD has highlighted the need to also provide some written fact sheets to provide extra information to growers and supervisors that could not be portrayed clearly in the DVD format. These fact sheets were sent to all growers along with a free copy of the DVD in late February 2009.

• Fact Sheet: Contracting Harvesting Services
• Fact Sheet: Managing Orchard Hazards During Picking
• Fact Sheet: Minimising Physical Damage During Harvest – GOLD
• Fact Sheet: Minimising Physical Damage During Harvest – GREEN
• Fact Sheet: Supervising the Harvest

Extra copies of the DVD and associated fact sheets are available from NZKGI's Office. Contact Christine McMillan for further information on 574 7139 or 0800 232 505 or email info@nzkgi.org.nz.

UPDATED OCTOBER 2010 - Powerco supplied NZKGI with a couple of brochures to promote safety around overhead powerlines while working on orchards. Powerco advise that every year there is at least one fatality resulting from accidental contact with overhead powerlines while working on orchards. Overhead lines can become just another feature of the landscape but disregarding them can be deadly.

Copies of these brochures are available for download below.