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Organic kiwifruit

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Organic kiwifruit

Growers of organic kiwifruit do not use synthetic fertilisers or pesticides. Their produce is sold at a premium price. Organic as well as conventionally farmed kiwifruit is marketed overseas by Zespri.

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Hugh Campbell and Julia Haggerty, Kiwifruit – KiwiGreen pest management, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17767/organic-kiwifruit (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Hugh Campbell and Julia Haggerty, published 1 March 2009.