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October 07, 2025
New Zealand Plant and Food Research Introduces Crop 78 Potato Variety for Superior French Fry Quality
French fries are part of a booming USD 18 billion sector, projected to reach USD 24 billion by decade’s end. Plant & Food Research, part of the Bioeconomy Science Institute, has been recognised for creating a new potato variety tailored to this market.
October 20, 2023
Ensuring Quality from Seed to Table: The Role of Seed Certification in New Zealand’s Potato Industry
The New Zealand Seed Potato Certification Scheme was established in 1948 and has been running continuously since then.
March 17, 2022
World's largest potato? No, not a potato at all!
When is a potato not a potato? When it's a tuber of a gourd, according to Guinness World Records. A New Zealand couple who believed they had dug up the world's largest potato in the garden of their small farm near Hamilton
September 17, 2020
Potatoes from plot to plate: how to grow the perfect spuds in your New Zealand backyard
While in the Northern hemisphere we are harvesting potatoes and getting ready for winter, this is not the case in the Southern hemisphere. This article offers tips on how to grow potatoes in your New Zealand backyard.
August 26, 2019
Maara kai - reinvigorating Maori Food Sovereignty through potatoes in New Zealand
As we wound our way down to Port Levy, New Zealand, although only an hour from Christchurch city, it felt a world away. The turquoise waters of the harbour as still as glass, under the mid-afternoon Winter sun.
July 06, 2017
Simplot wants to sell food products from GM Potatoes in Australia and New Zealand
JR Simplot has applied at FSANZ for approval to export genetically modified potato products into Australia and New Zealand. Unclear is what type of products this is about, but unprocessed potatoes can not be imported.From the archive
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June 13, 2017
New Zealand get's its own brand of low carb potatoes: 'Lotatoes™'
In New Zealand, produce company T&G is launching a new brand of low carb potatoes with the memorable name 'Lotatoes'.From the archive
October 18, 2016
Bright future for New Zealand potato variety 'White Beauty'
Potato Experts from New Zealand predict a bright future for a new potato variety, marketed as 'White Beauty' (cultivar name ‘Crop39’). White Beauty will be commercially available to growers through Morgan Laurenson Ltd from 2017.From the archive
August 23, 2010
Gourmet Potato Purple Heart now on New Zealand market
It has been bred by Plant & Food Research and it has a smooth deep purple skin with purple and white flesh.From the archive