11 Jul 2025

Around the motu: Alexa Cook in Hawkes Bay

From Nine To Noon, 10:50 am on 11 July 2025
The 'Sassy' apple which was bred by Plant and Food Research can tolerate warmer climates while still developing good red colouring.

The 'Sassy' apple which was bred by Plant and Food Research can tolerate warmer climates while still developing good red colouring. Photo: Supplied

Alexa discusses the situation in Wairoa for residents, one year on from its floods, the uproar over water rates in Central Hawke’s Bay and the success of an apple bred to cope with warming climate conditions.