A unique partnership between a family-run business and an iwi is about to bear fruit in Kaikohe

Original story by DENISE PIPER / STUFF

The first 28 employees of Kaikohe Berryfruit began work this month, starting to build 10 hectares of tunnel houses that will shelter the hydroponic raspberries and blackberries.

The company is one of the first tenants in Ngāwhā Innovation and Enterprise Park, a greenfields site on Kaikohe’s outskirts being developed by the Far North District Council’s commercial arm, Far North Holdings.

Kaikohe Berryfruit is a partnership between Maungatāpere Berries, Ngāpuhi Asset Holding Company and Far North Holdings.  Read more…