Business North November 2021

12 | Trevelyan’s Pack N Cool REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT LTD • 5 & 12 Tonne Diggers • Truck Hire • Bobcat (Track) Hire • Roller Hire • Bulldozer Hire • Transporter Hire • Demolition • Excavations • House Sites • Supplies of Pumice, Sand, Metal & Topsoil Trudy / Colin 027 292 8531 mossie2@xtra.co.nz Proud to be associated with Trevelyans Pack N Cool E N J O Y A M A Z D A MO R E O F T E N MOUNT MAUNGANUI 150 Hewletts Road, Mt Maunganui Ph: (07) 579 0180 Fax: (07) 579 0187 Email: sales@ultimatemazda.co.nz www.ultimatemazda.co.nz Horticulture industry on ‘a major growth curve’ T from page 11 Kiwifruit being processed at Trevelyan’s packing store. “The world is asking for real food and both kiwifruit and avocado have a real food story — it’s not processed, it’s fresh and full of vitamins, minerals and oils — essential things for wellbeing.” Growth of New Zealand’s kiwifruit and avo- cado industry matches the world’s love affair with New Zealand’s natural produce and the post harvest industry is continually building new coolstores to keep pace. “The industry is on a major growth curve,” says James . “Almost everyone in the kiwifruit post harvest industry is developing new cool stores and adding packing capacity this year. “Only one provider is not building a new store this year and that is because they built a massive one last year. “We did one new coolstore last year and we are doing four new ones for the coming season.” Supply chain delays caused by the pan- demic along with lockdowns have impacted on lead times for the supply of construction materials. “We normally count the flower buds to work out what our volume is going to be, apply for building consent, get the concrete pads sort- ed, start construction late November, do fruit counts in January and finish construction for the March harvest. But this year we are under the pump already. T to page 14 “We have only just got the coolstore panels out of Auckland. We have a Plan B up our sleeve, but essentially the coolstores need to be ready.” “At the busiest part of the season, it is a challenge to balance our harvest and labour demands. “We use buffer storage to level out the peak of the gold kiwifruit harvest. We have in- stalled humidity tents on Packhouses 2, 3 and 4 to control the humidity so that the stickers adhere to the gold fruit coming out of buffer storage to be packed.” In addition to Trevelyans post harvest facilities, the family business also provides comprehensive range of orchard manage- ment services on behalf of kiwifruit and avocado growers in Te Puke and the wider Bay of Plenty region.