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Kiwis and apples: Something is rotten at the core

26 May 05:55am

Filed under: Apples, Economy, Food, Fruit, Industry, New Zealand

A delegation of Australian MPs has been given permission to inspect the New Zealand apple industry - as long as they don’t go near any apple trees.

Apples in pairs. Photo: Kristi Miller

Instead, they have been invited to tour New Zealand dairy farms, according to the chairman of a parliamentary committee.

The restrictions are the latest flare-up in the battle over fire blight, an agricultural disease which could destroy entire orchards.

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Paul 2.0 says:

09:07am | 18/08/11

Australia sends $8 billion worth of Aussie crap to NZ, Shane, and the reason you’ll take our Applies and like them is that if you don’t, you’ll not get your $8 billion. Do us Kiwis a big favour and junk CER, take your thieving banks, crap retail stores back home… Read more »
K Brown says:

11:26pm | 29/05/11

I remember NZ tomato growers being outraged in the 1970’s when Australian (Queensland) tomatoes were imported to NZ under the threat of fruitfly for the NZ industry. I was more worried about the beautiful vine ripened NZ product being displaced by cheaper unripe tasteless product which is exactly what we… Read more »

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