Kiwifruit or kiwi is a major horticultural export earner for New Zealand. New Zealand developed the first commercially viable kiwifruit and developed export markets, creating the demand for the fruit that exists today. Today New Zealand is the...
Kiwifruit (often shortened to kiwi), or Chinese gooseberry (traditional Chinese: 獼猴桃; simplified Chinese: 猕猴桃; pinyin: míhóutáo), is the edible fruit (botanically, a berry) of several species of woody vines in the genus Actinidia. The most common...
Gold kiwifruit or yellow kiwifruit refers to several kiwifruit cultivars with yellow flesh. They are grown from the species Actinidia chinensis—a close relative of Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa, the variety known for the green-fleshed 'Hayward'...
New Zealand has a highly developed free-market economy. As of 2025, New Zealand's nominal GDP was US$248 billion. In the 2025 IMF rankings New Zealand was the 52nd-largest national economy in the world when measured by nominal gross domestic product...
National symbols of New Zealand are used to represent what is unique about the nation, reflecting different aspects of its cultural life and history.
In New Zealand, agriculture is the largest sector of the tradable economy. The country exported NZ$46.4 billion worth of agricultural products (raw and manufactured) in the 12 months to June 2019, 79.6% of the country's total exported goods. The...
Allan Ross Ferguson (born 1943) is a New Zealand botanist who has made significant contributions in the field of kiwifruit scientific investigation. The standard author abbreviation A.R.Ferguson is used to indicate this person as the author when...
Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island), and is...
Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa, also known as Actinidia deliciosa, green kiwifruit or the fuzzy kiwifruit, is a fruiting vine native to central Southern China, growing naturally at altitudes between 800 and 1,400 metres (2,600 and 4,600 ft)....
Zespri International Limited is the largest marketer of kiwifruit in the world, selling in over 50 countries. Its international headquarters is in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand. However, it has licensed growers in Australia, France, Greece, Italy,...