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OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
ABOUT 40 pipfruit and kiwifruit growers in a concentrated orchard area of Motueka to Riwaka, west of Nelson, were affected by the Guy Fawkes-night hailstorm, says HortNZ president Julian Raine.
Alastair Hulbert, chief executive officer of Turners & Growers Ltd, has announced the appointment of Darren Drury as executive general manage pipfruit effective this week.
The New Zealand pipfruit industry will hold its annual conference at the Rutherford Hotel, Nelson on August 8-9.
BUSINESS CAN'T get much tougher for Nelson apple growers, and if it does, many of the older ones will quit rather than burn their equity.
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
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