From Stuff.co.nz
Published 23:15 22/03/2018
Good to see feijoa hitiing the high life!!
Also from Dominion Post Politics
One of the most kiwi dishes on the menu for an evening with Barack Obama was served up for dessert: a baby pavlova with manuka honey whipped yoghurt cream and feijoa compote.
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From Stuff.co.nz
Published 14:50 21/03/2018
The warm summer has led to a number of good things, and you can now add early feijoas to the list. … New Plymouth woman Melissa Beasley said the two feijoa trees at her Westown home had already dropped plenty of fruit. …
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Anthracnose disease is rife in all but two of Kerikeri’s 20 orchards. This link takes you to the TV1 news item, after a visit to Northland orchards
Source: 1 NEWS
We love feijoas too — but?
From Radio Live
Published 14:48 10/03/2018
I’d almost plan my wedding day around feijoa season, so I could have this as my wedding cake. … It’s my mum’s recipe, and she freezes feijoa when her trees are laden with fruit so that she can make it specially for me when I visit home. …
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Another fantastic venture with children – and in which feijoa feature!
They may be just three or four years old, but the children of Katikati Kindergarten are helping to feed their local community and learning to protect and enhance their environment.
One of the projects the kindergarten is involved in is the Kati Kaiway – an edible walkway in Gilfillan Reserve. They adopted the neglected reserve, once littered with graffiti and broken glass, a few years ago and helped to plant 50 fruit trees, including feijoa, plum, nashi, walnut, citrus and Chilean guavas.
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From Radio New Zealand 
Published 07:07 28/02/2018
Myrtle Rust is a fungal disease that attacks plants such as pōhutukawa, rātā, mānuka, and others, and also includes feijoa in the range of host plants.
The Ministry for Primary Industries admits measures taken to stop the spread of Myrtle Rust from Taranaki have failed, and so the rules are being lifted.
It was first found in Northland last May but a significant outbreak in Taranaki less than two weeks later led to a ban on plant movements around Waitara.
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Another great “in-schools” initiative – Budding junior gardeners could get a funding boost in future, thanks to a new small grants scheme for schools and preschools from Matakana Community Garden.
The group has been given some money by an anonymous benefactor who wants to encourage young people to grow their own healthy food. Matakana Community Garden’s Trish Allen says they can give small amounts of cash to schools or preschools for gardening projects in Matakana, Leigh, Snells Beach or Warkworth.
“If they have got a garden going, they possibly might need some money for plants. They might need to put in a feijoa tree or some other small productive plants, for example,” she says.
From Newshub
Published 20:38 28/02/2018
Myrtle rust is showing no signs of letting up on its spread across the country.
Photos of Ramarama from Taranaki’s Mount Messenger show the latest infestation – it’s the first recorded on conservation land.
“Myrtle rust is here to stay and we have known that from the beginning,” said MPI incident controller Catherine Duthie.