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Staff WELCOMES & FAREWELLS Martyn King joined the Waimea Nurseries team as General Manager in early 2006. He brings a wealth of knowledge from his experience in nurseries and fruit growing. As the nursery group has increasing needs for financial analysis and intellectual property management, Dale Ching (BCom CA) joined as Group Financial Controller. Janelle Palmer recently joined the office team as Administration Manager and is currently on maternity leave. Natasha Crawford is also a new face in our busy office and is enjoying her role as Office Administrator. Our new Sales Support is Amber Ladds, who until recently worked for Origin Pacific in their successful air freight department. Amber helps John and Marty with processing orders, as well as dealing with customer enquiries. Anne Stanley is leaving her role as Receptionist due to health reasons. We wish her well for the future. Lisa Avers is our new Receptionist and will be a great addition to the office team.   Industry Awards/Educational Achievements PAUL JAMESON -  NGIA CARANN YOUNG ACHIEVER, YOUNG HORTICULTURALIST REPRESENTATIVE Waimea Nurseries nursery manager Paul Jameson is the Carann Young Achiever for 2006. The award was announced on June 21, 2006 at the annual conference of the Nursery & Garden Industry Association (NGIA) in Auckland. The award recognises people who are passionate about the nursery and garden industry, possess excellent management skills and will continue to make a sound contribution in their field of expertise. As Young Achiever, Paul represented the nursery industry at the Young Horticulturalist of the Year award in November 2006, pictured competing in Auckland. Paul recently spent a week in Melbourne as one of his prizes, visiting the Melbourne International Flower Show.    Nursery & Garden Industry Assocation Marketing Awards 2006 FRUIT, NUT & ORNAMENTAL TREE REFERENCE GUIDE Highly Commended award in the Best Commercial Catalogue category. Some comments from the judges: "Well laid out" "Index helps guide reader to access information" "Stunning appropriate photography"    Pipfruit Export Market Forecast MARCH 2007 Pipfruit NZ is forecasting total production of 16.5 million TCE's for the 2007 season, up 10.8% from 2006. JazzTM has the largest production increase by variety, forecasted toi be up a massive 95.5% from the 2006 season, as the bulk of the plantings come into full production. Cox's Orange will have the largest decrease in production, forecasted to be down 27.9% on last season. Hawkes Bay continues to lead as the largest producer of pipfruit in New Zealand, with almost double that of Nelson.

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