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BBQ Crispy lemon wedges with herby whipped feta This recipe combines two great things about summer: freshly-dug, NZ-grown potatoes and the barbecue. Enjoy these wedges as a shared snack or side dish. Serves 4-6 1 kg floury potatoes, eg Agria 2 lemons 200g feta, crumbled ¼ cup cream cheese 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus extra…

SUMMER SPUD REPORT 2020-2021 By Gemma Carroll, PNZ Comms & Engagement Officer. It has been a mixed bag of weather across the country this Spring and Summer, with increased occurrences of extreme weather events. NZ agronomists and growers in our main growing regions had the following to say about the 2020-2021 potato season. In Pukekohe,…

New potato salad with wasabi peas This recipe celebrates perfect new season potatoes, and the surprising element of the wasabi peas goes beautifully with Christmas ham, lamb or salmon. Find wasabi peas in the Japanese section of your supermarket. Serves 4 1kg new potatoes Generous handful fresh herbs eg mint, chives, basil or parsley ½…

The secret of great Kiwi potato fritter Potato fritters are a particularly Kiwi tradition at the fish and chip shop. Potatoes NZ vlogger Niki Bezzant visited Rita Harris at Oceanz Seafood in Botany, Auckland, recently, discovering the secrets of a great potato fritter. Rita’s been working at Oceanz for 14 years, and she proudly peels…

PNZ 2020: the year in review By Gemma Carroll The words ‘unprecedented’ and ‘extraordinary’ have been used a lot this year and the New Zealand Potato Industry has risen to all the challenges that have come our way: domestic and international lockdowns; changing health and safety guidelines for the pandemic response on farms and at…

POTATOES NEW ZEALAND MEDIA RELEASE Embargoed Date: 10am 5th November 2020 Media contact: Gemma Carroll Trzzn.Pneebyy@cbgngbrfam.pb.am  or call 027 240 4682 Re: MBIE investigating frozen fries import threat The New Zealand potato industry are relieved that the Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) trade remedies team has now launched an investigation into the proven…

Classic dishes with a twist are the order of the day at Onslow, Josh and Helen Emett’s newly-opened restaurant in Auckland’s CBD. Niki Bezzant talked to head chef Glen File – whose track record includes other classic Auckland spots Baduzzi and The Grange – about the restaurant’s food philosophy, and his own favourite potato dishes….

By Gemma Carroll Potatoes NZ Inc. became incorporated in 2012, previously it had been operating as a product group within Horticulture New Zealand. In June 2013 PNZ started collecting a commodity levy in accordance with the Commodity Levies Act (1990), Grower members’ records are now being updated with a commodity levy payment record, so that…

Words by Heather Woods, from the October issue of NZ Grower In 1918, still a teenager, Quentin Wright wrote in his journal that they were planting potatoes when news came through that the First World War had ended, so they stopped for a celebratory drink. It was also a time when the great influenza pandemic…