What we Grow

Our Apples & Kiwifruit

Fairfield’s Apple & Kiwifruit orchards are strategically positioned in the fertile plains of Motueka, nestled between the valleys of Riwaka, and the limestone marble of Takaka Hill. Situated in Tasman Bay, our region is renowned for its beautiful beaches and enjoys an impressive amount of sunshine hours, making it one of New Zealand’s sunniest areas. These favorable conditions, along with temperate cool winters and ample rainfall, create an ideal environment for cultivating apples that are bursting with flavor and ripened to perfection.

POSY®

A relatively new apple harvested early in February, Posy® has a pink to bright red colour, is super sweet honey flavour with hints of rockmelon and peach.

ROYAL GALA®

New Zealand’s largest export volume variety. Developed in New Zealand, Royal Gala® features a bright red stripe over a creamy background. Sweet, juicy and crisp with firm white flesh. Fairfield grows the high-coloured Galaxy, Brookfield, Cherry Gala and Jugala strains. Harvest begins in late February.

PREMIER STAR®

Exclusively grown for Bostock Premier Star® has a bright red blush and natural high colour, its sweet in flavour and a hint of tanginess. Premier Star® is harvested in March.

KORU®

An exceptionally crisp and juicy apple, Koru® is sweet, super crunchy with aromatic honey flavour and slight acidity. This naturally large sized apple, is a Fuji crossed with a Braeburn, with unique orange red colour on a yellow background. Harvested in March.

JAZZ®

Jazz® is a crisp hard apple with an excellent strong sweet-sharp flavour, that has great keeping qualities. It has a slightly elongated shape & was developed in NZ in the 1980’s and is a cross of Royal Gala and Braeburn varieties. Harvested Mid March. All our Jazz® are exported by T & G

DAZZLE®

Dazzle® is one of New Zealands newest apples. This sweet, crisp ready to eat apple is delicious deserving of its “ magic in every bite” marketing slogan. A bright reddish maroon colour, its juicy with a firm white flesh, best of all it retains its fresh picked perfection up until you choose to eat it.

ENVY®

Envy® is another variety developed in New Zealand in 2008. Striped Red with a yellow-green undertones, it has a firm white flesh that resists browning when cut. Envy® is one of our personal favourites here at Fairfield with its sweet refreshing palette and great keeping qualities. All our Envy® are exported by T & G and harvest for us of Envy® begins in April.

PINK LADY®

Pink Lady® or Cripps Pink (cultivar name) originated in Australia by researcher John Cripps, a cross between golden delicious with a Lady Williams. Pink Lady® a beautiful pink blush over a green skin base, juicy and refreshingly sweet to the first bite, with a bit of acidity in the aftertaste. We harvest our Lady in Red (a strain of Pink Lady®) in April.

ZESPRI® GOLD

Harvest calendar

VARIETY	FEBRUARY				MARCH				APRIL				MAY
POSY®
ROYAL GALA
PREMIER STAR®
KORU®
JAZZ®
DAZZLE®
GOLD KIWI FRUIT®
ENVY®
PINK LADY®

Fruit traceability

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Seasonal Work Opportunities

The work year peaks at fruit picking and packing time which runs through the summer and into autumn as seen in the calendar above.

Orchard work includes seasonal jobs such as fruit picking (apples & kiwifruit), packhouse jobs including graders and machinery operators, orchard hands, and orchard supervisors. You’ll also find more permanent positions including truck drivers, forklift drivers, and orchard foreman/s.
Click below for our latest orchard jobs in Motueka.