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Change in training for orchards to meet changing demands

Demands are changing in fruit production, with frost protection, water conservation, and new technologies all requiring new skills, and Primary ITO | Te Pūkenga is introducing new training to help fru…
Demands are changing in fruit production, with frost protection, water conservation, and new technologies all requiring new skills, and Primary ITO | Te Pūkenga is introducing new training to help fru…

How Qualifications Can Help Arborists Stay Safe at Work

Climbing tall trees and wielding chainsaws is a dangerous business, so health and safety is a top priority for employers such as Franklin Trees.
Climbing tall trees and wielding chainsaws is a dangerous business, so health and safety is a top priority for employers such as Franklin Trees.

Micro-credentials to target biosecurity

The Primary ITO is welcoming the introduction of micro-credentials, new stand-alone courses, which will help it respond to pressing industry demands, including the eradication of the cattle disease My…
The Primary ITO is welcoming the introduction of micro-credentials, new stand-alone courses, which will help it respond to pressing industry demands, including the eradication of the cattle disease My…

Tom Takes A Global View of Nursery Production

Two weeks, four countries, dozens of high-profile nurseries and some of Europe’s horticultural highlights have all provided a life-changing experience for Tom Ferguson.
Two weeks, four countries, dozens of high-profile nurseries and some of Europe’s horticultural highlights have all provided a life-changing experience for Tom Ferguson.

Why Science Is The Root Of Shanna’s Success

New Zealand’s nursery production industry relies on a lot more than green thumbs and good soil.
New Zealand’s nursery production industry relies on a lot more than green thumbs and good soil.

Helping To Keep A City Looking Beautiful

Tom Belworthy can walk down almost any street in Wellington and admire his handiwork which is on display for all to see.
Tom Belworthy can walk down almost any street in Wellington and admire his handiwork which is on display for all to see.

Training opportunities can help address skills shortage

Encouraging and training workers to gain qualifications and progress in the horticultural industry is a key way to address the skills shortage affecting the industry.
Encouraging and training workers to gain qualifications and progress in the horticultural industry is a key way to address the skills shortage affecting the industry.

Nursery

Nurseries and plant producers are vital to New Zealand. They’re often the starting point for food production, forestry, beautification, and environmentally focused work.
Nurseries and plant producers are vital to New Zealand. They’re often the starting point for food production, forestry, beautification, and environmentally focused work.

Grace Proves Nursery Production Goes Beyond Growing Plants

Grace Ng wants people to appreciate that nursery production is a technical skill and involves more than just planting a plant, or sowing a seed, and expecting it to grow.
Grace Ng wants people to appreciate that nursery production is a technical skill and involves more than just planting a plant, or sowing a seed, and expecting it to grow.

Amenity (parks and gardens)

Keen to create vibrant community spaces and grow your team at the same time? Amenity horticulture is about creating vibrant spaces we can all enjoy — growing, establishing, and managing gardens and pu…
Keen to create vibrant community spaces and grow your team at the same time? Amenity horticulture is about creating vibrant spaces we can all enjoy — growing, establishing, and managing gardens and pu…