Fairweather & DaughtersPick-your-own tomatoes Directions
A sandy path between two rows of staked tomato plants under a summer sky
Picking today

Open today until 5pm.

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The next seven days

Open every day but Monday.

Hours change with the weather. Hannah updates this page by 7:30 every morning.

    The season runs from mid-January to April.

    Prices

    $6 a kilo.

    Entry is free. The vines are staked to shoulder height, so there's hardly any bending.

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      Get your bucket at the barn

      We'll tell you which rows are open today.

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      Pick along your row

      Lift each tomato up and it snaps off at the knuckle.

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      Weigh and pay on the way out

      You only pay for what you pick.

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    A wicker basket of ripe tomatoes in the rows
    Two bottles of homemade passata
    At the barn

    Sauce boxes, ready for the pot.

    Ten kilos of soft, ripe seconds for sauce and passata, $25 a box. Hannah's relish is by the till, $9 a jar.

    A gloved hand lifting a ripe tomato off the vine
    Heirloom tomatoes in red, gold, green and near-black
    Kind words
    1. The kids ate as many cherry tomatoes as they picked, and the big ones tasted like summer used to.
      Mere T. · Google review · February 2026
    2. We took home a sauce box and a jar of relish, and spent Sunday making passata. Worth the drive from Auckland.
      Daniel K. · Google review · March 2026
    3. We came on a Tuesday morning and had a whole row to ourselves. Hannah showed the kids how to tell when each kind is ripe.
      Priya S. · Google review · January 2026
    1 / 3 4.8 ★ from 312 Google reviews
    Before you come

    Five things to know before you drive out.

    • Dogs stay at home

      Guide dogs are welcome.

    • Bring a hat and sunscreen

      There's little shade in the rows.

    • Lift, don't pull

      Pulling snaps the vine, and the green ones come off with it.

    • Pick only the fully coloured ones

      Each kind ripens to its own colour. The sign at the end of each row shows it.

    • Toilets are at the barn

      There are none out in the field.

    Groups & coach tours

    Bringing a coach? Book ahead and we'll save you rows.

    For tour groups, schools and clubs of 15 or more. Coaches park free at the gate, and we have Chinese-speaking staff in the weekend.

    Book a group visit
    Long rows of tomato plants running towards a lone tree
    Map of the last few kilometres: Paterangi Road, then Bank Road to the gate by Lake Ngāroto © OpenStreetMap contributors
    Getting here

    30 minutes from Hamilton.

    1234 Demo Road, Ōhaupō 1234

    From Hamilton, head south on State Highway 3 through Ōhaupō. Turn right onto Ryburn Road, then left onto Sing Road and left again onto Paterangi Road. Bank Road is the next left, and we're at the end of it, by the lake.

    Free parking on the grass. Coaches park at the gate.

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    FAQ

    Questions we get every day.

    Do I need to book?

    No, just turn up. Groups of 15 or more, please book ahead.

    What happens if it rains?

    We close in heavy rain, because wet tomatoes split. The top of this page says whether we're open by 7:30 each morning.

    Can I buy tomatoes already picked?

    Yes. The barn shop sells tomatoes picked that morning, $8 a kilo. Keep them on the bench, not in the fridge: they taste better.

    Is it OK for prams and wheelchairs?

    The main path is firm gravel and works for both. The rows themselves are narrow grass and harder going.

    Can I pick green tomatoes for chutney?

    Yes. From late March we open the last rows for green picking. Just ask at the barn.

    Demo · today