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Apple and pear production areas

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New Zealand's main pipfruit-growing areas are Hawke's Bay and Nelson. Other regions producing small volumes of apples and pears are Central Otago, Gisborne, South Auckland, Wairarapa, Marlborough and Canterbury.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Ministry of Primary Industries

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John Palmer, Apples and pears – Pipfruit in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/17239/apple-and-pear-production-areas (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by John Palmer, published 1 March 2009.