NZ: Heavy downpours impacted kiwifruit crops across all of the growing regions in the North Island
In some areas of the upper North Island, kiwifruit producers had to watch as little streams suddenly erupted into raging rivers, their crops being submerged by water that rose two or three meters high.
According to Colin Bond, CEO of NZKGI, growers who have spent decades living on their orchards have informed him they have never seen anything like this before. He told Rural News
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