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Welcome to EastPack! We are NZ’s largest kiwifruit post-harvest operation, but despite our size and scale, we're all about people.

EastPack History

1983: Rangitaiki Fruit Packers Limited (now EastPack) begins
Land purchased on Eastbank Road, Edgecumbe – now site of EastPack head office
Packed 60,000 trays for 23 shareholders

1987: Edgecumbe Earthquake

1992: Kiwifruit market crash

1996: Purchased Opotiki Co-op – increasing supply to
3 million trays

1997: RFP changed its name to EastPack

2000: Purchased Zest Company

2001: Production increased to 6.6 million trays

2001: EastPack invests more than $20 million in packhouse and coolstore in Te Puke

2009: EastPack invests $9 million state of the art semi- automated fruit grader and sizer and coolstores in Te Puke

2010: Psa discovered in Te Puke
EastPack reports $10.5 million profit

2011: EastPack packs a record 21.4 million trays
Two new coolstores in Te Puke and one in Edgecumbe
EastPack offers 20 cents per tray reduction in packing costs for 2012 and 20 cents cash rebate

2013: EastPack and Satara merge to become the largest Post-Harvest operator in the industry. The merger delivers sustainably competitive packing rates, greater depth of technical expertise, and continued strong grower returns.

15/01/2026

IT’S EASTPACK SEASON!
We have over 3000 jobs available across our six locations in the BOP this kiwifruit season.
There’s more for you at EastPack! Apply Now at https://jobs.eastpack.co.nz/

04/03/2025

🥝 COME AND JOIN OUR TEAM IN ŌPŌTIKI 🥝

We have exciting seasonal opportunities for Automation Operators at our EastPack site in Ōpōtiki and we want YOU to be part of our team! 🎉

✨ What we’re looking for:
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to be able to work as part of a team within a diverse seasonal workforce.
• Good time management and organisational skills.
• A strong mechanical aptitude.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Flexibility with the highs and lows of the season. This will require you to be available to work extended hours (including weekends) as required.

EastPack operates a drug and alcohol-free workplace. These roles are considered safety critical roles and are therefore incorporated in our pre-employment and ongoing random drug testing programme.

To apply, please send your CV to Adele - adele.roberson@eastpack.co.nz 🥝

08/01/2025

Want to earn some decent dollars and have fun while you’re at it? It’s EastPack season and we have lots of different jobs to choose from. Choose from six locations in the BOP – Te Puke, Katikati, Edgecumbe and Ōpōtiki. There’s more for you at EastPack - contact us today.
https://www.eastpack.co.nz/jobs

26/11/2023

It's EastPack season! We have over 4,000 awesome kiwifruit jobs available across the BOP. Good pay, flexible days, and good people! No experience needed, apply today.

04/05/2023

Aotearoa’s second egg hatched earlier this week! 🤩 We are proud to support the Whakatane Kiwi Trust, and even prouder to sponsor Aotearoa, our kiwi dad.

The little chick is doing well, and so is the first chick that hatched a couple of weeks ago. 💪

12/04/2023

We have exciting news about our Kiwi dad Aotearoa…his first egg hatched last night!

The little chick weighed 315 grams and is doing well. Look how cute he/she is 😍. It is great to be part of the work that the Whakatane Kiwi Trust does!

Join our team this kiwifruit season, apply at eastpack.co.nz/jobs

24/03/2023

Meet Aotearoa, he’s part of our EastPack family. He is a kiwi dad that we sponsor, and we are excited to share that he is currently incubating eggs in his nest.

Kiwi eggs take 70-80 days to incubate before they hatch, and in the North Island brown kiwi species the incubation is solely done by the father. Kiwi normally roam for around 10 hours each night feeding, but Aotearoa only leaves for 2-3 hours while he is nesting - unsurprisingly, he will lose a bit of weight over this time!

Check out his nest cam video, it shows him carefully covering up the entrance to his nest as he leaves for a quick feed.

We are proud to support the Whakatane Kiwi Trust Whakatane Kiwi Trust and the great work they do.

19/08/2019

EastPack, New Zealand’s largest post-harvest service Kiwifruit provider, usually embraces kiwis of gold or green variety...

12/08/2019

INTRODUCING OUR KIWI CHICK BROWNY!

As part of our partnership with Whakatane Kiwi Trust we have been able to adopt and name our very own Kiwi chick!

When our chick was born in March, each of our sites chose a name and our CEO Hamish Simson randomly drew the winner out of the hat. We are very excited to introduce you to Browny!

Browny’s name was chosen because they are a North Island Brown Kiwi. At the last health check they were lovely and alert, weighed in at 950g and had a bill length of 5.7cm. We have heard they have a beautiful shallow burrow.

We don’t know if Browny is male or female yet, but the team at Whakatane Kiwi Trust relieved them of a couple of feathers for DNA gender analyses so we will find out soon!

Watch this space for more updates on Browny!

Address

1 Washer Road, Te Puke
Tauranga
3119

Telephone

+6475730900

Website

http://www.eastpack.co.nz/

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