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Kōrero: Citrus, berries, exotic fruit and nuts

First harvest of olives

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First harvest of olives

Olives shaken from these young trees are being collected from large groundsheets and loaded into crates (inset) before being pressed for oil. This was the first harvest from four-year-old trees (Leccino and Manzanillo varieties) growing at Martinborough, Wairarapa.

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by Jared Gulian

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Sandy Scarrow, Citrus, berries, exotic fruit and nuts – Nuts and olives, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16034/first-harvest-of-olives (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Sandy Scarrow, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.