OUR PURPOSE

NZ Plant Producers Inc. was established in 2017 to unify the plant production industry and strengthen our voice.

Plant producers are at the epicentre of unprecedented change and opportunity in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Our members provide seedlings and rootstock for the horticulture, viticulture, urban greenlife and home gardening sectors, and also for large-scale carbon sinks and eco-system revegetation. Plant production is essential to New Zealand’s success, supporting both export and domestic horticulture markets, ensuring food security, and helping the country address climate change.

The industry is made of approximately 450 businesses and organisations, generating an estimated $500 million each year and employing around 4000 people. NZPPI supports these businesses by advocating for industry-friendly policies, promoting biosecurity initiatives, providing technical advice, and fostering growth through networking opportunities, workshops, and leadership development programmes. We work with policy makers, local authorities, industry bodies, community groups, iwi, scientists, academics, business leaders, marketers and entrepreneurs.

Our industry faces many challenges, the greatest being biosecurity, which can stop us in our tracks tomorrow. We also face constraints such as a lack of skilled workers, limited access to genetic material, and government policies that stifle innovation.

Together, we are committed to overcoming these challenges and driving innovation to ensure a sustainable and resilient future for New Zealand's plant production industry.

We encourage all plant producers and related businesses to join NZPPI as producer members or industry partners. We have greater strength through greater numbers. Read about all the benefits of joining NZPPI.

For more information contact us at office@nzppi.co.nz.