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Story: Citrus, berries, exotic fruit and nuts

Citrus orchards, Kerikeri, 1947

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Citrus orchards, Kerikeri, 1947

Kerikeri in the Bay of Islands is renowned for its citrus orchards, established in the late 1920s by the North Auckland Land Development Corporation. Oranges, grapefruit and lemons thrived in the warm temperate climate of the far north, protected from the wind by shelter belts.

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Sandy Scarrow, Citrus, berries, exotic fruit and nuts – Citrus, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15997/citrus-orchards-kerikeri-1947 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Sandy Scarrow, published 1 March 2009.