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...macadamia nut orchard history... |
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Macadamia nut orchard is located in the region of Taranaki, which lies on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island, halfway between the country's largest city, Auckland, and the capital, Wellington. Our macadamia nut orchard is located south-west of New Plymouth along Highway 45, known as The Surf Highway. The region takes its name from the 2518 metre volcano, Mt Taranaki, which is also known as Mt Egmont.
Taranaki was the location where much of the movie The Last Samurai, a story set in feudal Japan and starring Tom Cruise, was filmed. During the filming Tom Cruise stayed in the neighbouring property for 5 months and was able to take in some of the fantastic scenery surrounding our macadamia nut orchard.
The macadamia nut orchard was originally part of a larger family farm. In 1980 the property was subdivided and part of it was developed into a kiwi fruit orchard. 1990 and 1991 saw very low product prices for kiwifruit. A decision was made in 1992 to remove the kiwi fruit and develop a macadamia nut orchard.
The macadamia nut trees range in age and variety as the orchard has been planted out over a period of 10 years. We travelled around New Zealand and overseas to search for varieties that would be best suited for our particular environment. A nursery was developed growing both seedlings and clonal rootstocks. Trial blocks were established and monitored and five main varieties were chosen. Two of our five varieties are unique to New Zealand, the other three were sourced from Australia. The rootstocks were then planted out over a total area of 10 hectares. We then grafted the trees 'in field'. This is still considered a young orchard and production is growing every year.
In macadamia nut processing factory, The Nutcracker Suite, was built in 2001 giving the orchard the ability to process its own macadamia nuts and with the capacity to process nuts from other growers around the country.
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