Ngai Tukairangi Trust – Tukituki Orchard – Hawkes Bay
Providing for future generations with sustainable design
At a Glance
Location:
Hawkes Bay
Crop:
Apples
Challenge:
Create a sustainable, future-proof growing system
Solution:
Super Spindel with Bungee Crossover System Hail Protection
Key components:
Plant support structure with integrated protection
The challenge
Ngai Tukairangi Trust, pioneering pre-stressed concrete structures in Hawkes Bay, needed a comprehensive solution for their high-value apple varieties grown with modern intensive 2D growing styles. As part of their focus on providing for future generations, the structure needed to reflect that long-term commitment while supporting current productivity needs.
Key considerations included preventing CCA leaching to maintain soil health, fostering optimal growing conditions, and ensuring the system could adapt to future innovations. The Trust needed a solution serving multiple generations while maintaining premium fruit production.
The solution
Working closely with the Trust’s team, we delivered an integrated solution designed for generations:
- Pre-stressed concrete structure built to outlast the orchard’s lifetime
- Fully recyclable and reusable components
- Zero CCA leaching for soil health
- Integrated hail protection ready
- Future-proofed for biosecurity threats including Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB)
The structure incorporates:
- Premium concrete post system
- Heavy-duty tensioning components
- Optimised growing configuration
- Complete protection integration
The results
- Created a sustainable growing environment
- Complete environmental protection
- Future-proofed growing system
- Improved operational efficiency
- Multi-generational durability
“Very impressed with the service and professionalism of the Hortivate team. If I had built this myself it would have taken months and cost me twice as much. The structure looks great, and the crop performs extremely well.”
