Frequently asked questions: Horticulture

No. All we require is a photocopy of a current passport or drivers licence, where both the signature and photo can clearly be seen.

The activity description is based on the weight of cucumbers, to remain consistent with both the other vegetables and industries.

If you don’t record your production by weight, you will need to take all reasonable care to accurately estimate the weight of cucumbers produced. This can be done by weighing a crate of cucumbers that is representative of your crop (less the crate weight) and dividing by the number of cucumbers. You can use this as an average weight to apply to the total number of cucumbers produced. You will need to re-estimate the weight of cucumbers produced if the original estimate no longer accurately represents the average weight of your crop.

For example, for one grower with a 5,000m2 greenhouse, an average weight of a telegraph cucumber of is around 420 grams, and average production is 95 cucumbers per square metre. This grower would work out their tonnes as follows:

If you do not have access to a computer and do not know anyone with a computer (e.g. a family member or friend whom you trust), please contact 0800 CLIMATE (0800 254 623).

Yes. At the end of the application form there will be a button to allow you to print off a copy of the information.

You must use the same method of measurement for calculating the provisional and final allocation for a year.

You should calculate the amount of product produced in agreement with regulation 5 (see http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2010/0189/latest/whole.html#DLM3075115 ) of the Climate Change (Eligible Industrial Activities) Regulations 2010.  This states you must use direct measurement or measurement calculated from units of product sold and changes in inventory.  If neither of these methods is practical the regulations allow you to use a different method to calculate the amount of product “produced” as long as you take all reasonable care to make sure the method is the most accurate of the different methods that may be available. 

If your standard practice is to measure your production inventory when produce leaves the gate, then this is the ‘sale’ date you should use (i.e. at the time of sale).  If your standard practice is to measure your production inventory when you are invoiced for your produce, then this is the ‘sale’ date you should use (i.e. at the time of invoicing).

The Climate Change (Eligible Industrial Activities) Regulations 2010 states that saleable, “means that the product is of a quality generally considered by persons who are regularly in the market for that product to be –

• Fit for sale; or
• Of commercial value.

And excludes any product that ...” (refer to regulation 3 http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2010/0189/latest/DLM3075106.html)

For example, if you have grown tomatoes with the intention of selling them as a fresh tomato and they are fit for sale, but:

• you are not able to find a buyer so they are discarded; or
• they get damaged and are canned,

you can still get an allocation for these tomatoes (provided that none of the exceptions below apply).

The exceptions are, tomatoes that are:

• substandard and discarded by you;
• recycled during production (for example used as a fertiliser for other tomatoes); and
• scrapped or lost before you package them for sale.

If these exceptions apply, the tomatoes will not be of saleable quality and you will not be able to get an allocation for these tomatoes.

When determining eligibility, data was collected from all over New Zealand and an industry average was calculated. The Industrial Allocations process is focused on the amount of product grown or manufactured, not what energy source was used to grow or manufacture the product.

There is no expiry date on NZUs. You can hold your units in your EUR account. You can choose when to sell them or utilise them to pay for energy costs, for example, with your coal provider.

You can apply for a provisional allocation between 1 January and 30 April in the year to which the application relates. Except, if a regulation has been in force for less than a year, the deadline for applying for a provisional allocation is the date that is three months after the regulation comes into force.

You need to provide your production data for 1 July to 31 December 2010. In the application form on https://www.climatechange.govt.nz/apps/industrial-allocation/step-one.php, you would choose the annual allocation adjustment option.

Yes. If you decide you don’t want to apply for any provisional allocations, each year from 1 January to 30 April, you can apply for a final allocation for the previous year. For example, during 1 January to 30 April 2012, you can apply for a final allocation for the 2011 calendar year using your actual production data.