30th March 2026 Innovation / LeaderBrandLeaderBrand is claiming a New Zealand first, deploying AI technology to support its salad growing operations after receiving government backing for the project.
3rd September 2025 LeaderBrand / VegetablesSpinach sales have jumped nearly 8% in the last year, the equivalent of almost 700,000 bags, according to Leaderbrand.
29th January 2025 Fruit / LeaderBrandGisborne-based food producer LeaderBrand has successfully grown a new variety of melon better-suited to New Zealand’s climate.
7th October 2024 LeaderBrandLeaderBrand’s southern-grown asparagus will hit supermarket aisles this week.
2nd September 2024 HortNZ / LeaderBrandLeaderBrand’s sustainability manager, Dr Stuart Davis, won horticulture’s Bledisloe Cup for 2024.
22nd April 2024 LeaderBrandLeaderBrand has officially opened its 11-hectare mega greenhouse project in Tairāwhiti, with Regional Development Minister Shane Jones doing the honours.
14th February 2024 LeaderBrandLeaderBrand has invested in an electric harvester and two self-propelled cargo platforms to operate in its new 11-hectare greenhouse.
6th June 2023 Awards / LeaderBrandThe founder of Gisborne vegetable growing and processing business LeaderBrand is among the food system pioneers recognised in the 2023 King’s Birthday and Coronation Honours list.
1st March 2023 LeaderBrandFor the Gisborne business, the big issue is the impact on infrastructure and how long it will be out, and the cash burn in the interim.
15th February 2023 LeaderBrand / WeatherLeaderBrands is among the food companies grappling with product shortages, following the cyclone.
5th September 2022 Countdown / LeaderBrandLeaderbrand Produce, Countdown and Plant & Food Research have teamed up on a project to investigate the impacts of regenerative farming practices in vegetable farming.
16th May 2022 LeaderBrandEconomic and Regional Development Minister Stuart Nash has visited Gisborne produce business LeaderBrand’s recently opened fresh distribution centre and inspected the ongoing construction of its 11-hectare greenhouse project.
