The olives are plump and ripe for the picking in the Agrodome grove and, to celebrate its inaugural 2014 harvest, the tourist attraction will hold an Olive Festival.
The festival was the brainchild of Ngai Tahu Tourism meetings, incentives, conferences and events market sales manager Diane Curtis.
She said the one-day festival would be held on Saturday, June 7 from 10am to 2pm in the Education Centre at the Agrodome's olive and kiwifruit orchard.
She said visitors would experience the inner workings of an olive grove first hand and be able to press their own gourmet oil.
"An artisan olive oil maker from The Village Press will demonstrate how to achieve the best results, before guests turn their hand to pressing olives, sampling flavours and bottling their own vintage oil," she said.