Guides for orchard teams

Plain-English guides to the records, rules and routines behind the orchard gate. Written for growers and orchard managers of any crop, with the official sources linked.

• Visitor and contractor sign-in on NZ orchards: what to record, and why

  Who should sign in at the orchard gate, what a useful record holds, where paper books fall short, and how to make it stick in harvest.

• GAP audits: what auditors look for in visitor, contractor and induction records

  What GLOBALG.A.P., NZGAP and Zespri GAP ask about inductions, contractors and record keeping, scheme by scheme, and what to have ready on the day.

• Biosecurity at the orchard gate: who came in, from where, and what came with them

  Why the gate is where orchard biosecurity starts, a routine any grower can use, and the extra rules for kiwifruit, avocados and vineyards.