Hugh Moore
Hugh Moore, of Katikati, received the Queen's Service Medal for services to horticulture. Mr Moore has been involved with horticulture in Katikati for 40 years. He grows kiwifruit, pears and avocados at Morris Moore Farms. The farm includes five orchards and produces in excess of 170,000 trays of kiwifruit and 16,000 trays of avocados for the export and local markets. He is a member of the New Zealand Avocado Growers’ Association and New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers and has been a member a number of product groups at national and regional levels. Mr Moore was awarded the horticulture industry’s Bledisloe Cup in 2008.