ZESPRI International Limited is the world’s largest marketer of kiwifruit, selling kiwifruit into more than 60 countries. The ZESPRI® Brand sets the benchmark for guaranteed excellence and delicious natural kiwifruit.
ZESPRI was formed in 2000 as a result of a kiwifruit industry restructure, which created a single point of entry for the export of New Zealand grown kiwifruit. ZESPRI Group Limited is a corporate entity established under the New Zealand Companies Act 1993 and the Kiwifruit Industry Restructuring Act 1999. The Kiwifruit Regulations establish a statutory framework for the governance and regulatory oversight of ZESPRI's operations to ensure that the New Zealand kiwifruit industry continues to lead the world in kiwifruit innovation, production and supply.
ZESPRI’s global headquarters are based in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, New Zealand’s largest kiwifruit producing region, Bay of Plenty. ZESPRI has offices in Europe, the UK, North America, Japan, Asia and the Pacific. ZESPRI is a owned by kiwifruit producers in New Zealand ensuring constant accountability to more than 2700 growers growing the world’s healthiest, tastiest and safest kiwifruit.
We are committed to three key business principles, which serve as our motivation to continue to create the world’s best kiwifruit.
Our key principles include:
- Integrity - we apply high standards of honesty, fairness and openness in all areas of our business
- Consumer focus - our focus is on knowing and fulfilling common wants and needs
- Constant improvement - The range of ZESPRI® Kiwifruit is wide and unique - from the classic, fresh tasting ZESPRI® GREEN Kiwifruit and the exciting tropical flavoured, ZESPRI® GOLD Kiwifruit to ZESPRI® ORGANIC Kiwifruit and Jumbo Kiwifruit. We continually strive to find ways to improve all our products