\u201cThe liquidation of The Olive Press is disappointing for the industry so close to the 2026 harvest; however, it is not as disastrous for Wairarapa growers as has been suggested. <\/p>\n
\u201cIndustry service providers are already working together to support the growers affected by the closure, ensuring as many groves as possible can have their olives harvested and pressed this season, and that the resulting oil remains available to the New Zealand market.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said the sector continued to experience strong supply and demand. <\/p>\n
\u201cDespite the negativity reflected in the article and the increased fuel costs… overall, industry is feeling positive about this season and the future of the industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe demand for quality New Zealand extra virgin olive oil [EVOO] continues to grow as consumers\u2019 knowledge and value of its health benefits and freshness grows for our high-quality product.\u201d<\/p>\n
Glover told the Herald that Olives New Zealand is the largest of the industry\u2019s membership organisations. It represents over half the country\u2019s commercial olive growers and nearly 50 independent olive oil brands, \u201cwho supply high-quality EVOO direct to customers and retailers, along with the hospitality, pharmaceutical and beauty industries\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cOlives NZ\u2019s focus for the previous decade has been on the development and implementation of successful grove management strategies reflective of growing in New Zealand conditions to increase production \u2013 these projects received MPI Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures funding for six years [between 2016 \u2013 2022]. <\/p>\n
\u201cOver the last year, Olives NZ has been leading the development of an overall industry strategy, from which the organisation will align its own strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe liquidation of The Olive Press is disappointing for the industry so close to the 2026 harvest; however,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1443,74,806,7800,1887,9060,127,6097,3273,22220,2454,296,19136,13620,2739,440,130,117,111,43,139,69,127142,26201,214689,2989,8780,28203,10715,6926,57343,131,1961,1237,80],"class_list":["post-417678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-about","tag-after","tag-as","tag-body","tag-countrys","tag-decades","tag-despite","tag-down","tag-future","tag-going","tag-industry","tag-into","tag-largest","tag-leading","tag-liquidation","tag-local","tag-more","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-oils","tag-olive","tag-olives","tag-positive","tag-premium","tag-producer","tag-remains","tag-season","tag-shuts","tag-than","tag-this","tag-two","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}