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![Healthy land for healthy food](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Healthy land for healthy food
Key NZ research aims to provide more food, more sustainably.
![Wine sector gets climate 'message'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine sector gets climate 'message'
Industry thinking about the future as big changes loom.
![Hospitality awards 2023 finalists announced](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Hospitality awards 2023 finalists announced
There are 20 categories from which the overall supreme winner will be chosen.
!['Uncharted territory': Why Cyclone Gabrielle will kill fruit trees for years to come](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Uncharted territory': Why Cyclone Gabrielle will kill fruit trees for years to come
“There’s not a lot of information about what to do - it's uncharted territory."
![Insects key weapon against food wastage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Insects key weapon against food wastage
Feeding waste to flies (and flies to fish) new move against waste.
![Weaving traditional knowledge into caring for native plant life in Kapiti](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Weaving traditional knowledge into caring for native plant life in Kapiti
Kapiti Coast weavers are teaching local council about native plant care.
![How NZ tops Australia - again](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
How NZ tops Australia - again
Aussie wheat is the best? Think again says research group.
![Tiny wasp's sci-fi star role](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Tiny wasp's sci-fi star role
Horror movie parallels in the use of nature to control unwanted horticultural pests.
![Where would we be without bees?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Where would we be without bees?
Honey bees threat overstated – but new research is protecting colonies.
![Pasture crops could be new food for humans](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Pasture crops could be new food for humans
Plant & Food Research scientists finding new ways to diversify NZ's food production.
![Wood revolution: New factory aimed at NZ domestic market](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wood revolution: New factory aimed at NZ domestic market
Gisborne plant a world-first and the structural lumber solely for the domestic market.
![Fishing's never been like this](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Fishing's never been like this
Meeting the 'needs of fish' is at the heart of a revolutionary ocean aquaculture plan.
![NZ hops capturing world attention](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
NZ hops capturing world attention
Plant & Food Research's 70 years of work with hops still paying off globally.
![New apples pip the world](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
New apples pip the world
NZ science is protecting the world's red apples from the worst effects of climate change