Events

We want to encourage all New Zealanders to take smart, simple actions that will help protect them from financial loss, stress and lost time. This year’s focus will continue to encourage everyone to have strong password practices and adopt two-factor authentication on their main accounts. 

The theme for Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 is Top Up Together, encouraging you to connect with others as you bring the Five Ways to Wellbeing into your daily life. A shared, community-based approach to wellbeing delivers the most sustained, long-term benefits.  Social connection is crucial for our wellbeing. It brings purpose and a sense of...

Vegetable growers are invited to participate in a workshop focused on effective water and irrigation management. The workshop aims to assist growers with on-farm practices and support with compliance requirements. It will focus on hard hose gun irrigators and pivot and linear irrigation systems and consist of a theory session at the Tuakau Hotel, followed by an outdoor session...

Join the World Potato Congress Inc as they host a webinar on Biology and integrated management of Potato Common Scab, with presenter Dr Amanda Gevens from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Plant Pathology. The webinar will provide information on the soil-borne bacterial pathogens that cause potato common scab and contemporary approaches to management of...

Exclusive, limited-capacity event brings together industry leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers and investors to shine a light on the innovation driving the future of agritech in Canterbury and beyond. Gain expert insightsEngage...

Join Safer Farms Rachael Russell and Natalie Bowie for a session about who Safer Farms are and what they do.  In this webinar you will discover how Safer Farms collaborates...

Advancing Potato Breeding in the Asia-Pacific: The CCCAP Germplasm Collection and the CipPotNet Initiative The CIP-China Center for Asia and Pacific maintains a Breeding Resource Center with a collection of approximately...

The Pukekohe Young Grower Committee is kicking off the 2026 competition with a BBQ on 30 October at 5.30pm. If you are a previous sponsor or contestant, a potential new sponsor or contestant thinking of entering in 2026 or 2027 come along. BBQ will be on, spot prizes to be won and networking to be...

Soil Wealth ICP webinar: AI unpacked – Practical tools for vegetable growers Join an interactive webinar to share lessons from vegetable growers who are already using AI tools to improve planning, monitoring and decision-making on-farm. You’ll learn about using simple AI tools to help build your confidence and explore how these technologies could make everyday...

Join the Fresh Produce Safety Centre (FPSC) for the official launch of the 2025 Fundamental Guidelines for Fresh Produce Food Safety — the industry’s trusted resource for managing food safety risks across the fresh produce supply chain. The refreshed Fundamental Guidelines bring together the latest science, good practice and regulatory insights to support the ongoing safety and...