Concerns after second largest apple grower and exporter Kiwi Crunch enters volu…

Stuff2026-07-07T22:03:51.000Z

another one bites the dust. makes you wonder what the govt is really doing to support our primary industries. too busy importing kiwifruit from china eh

Jack Morrison2026-07-07T22:29:51.000Z

yeah world class but no one wants to pay for em. whole system is cooked

Jack Morrison2026-07-07T22:31:51.000Z

well there goes my job i guess. absolute shambles mate

Reagan Shaw2026-07-07T22:50:51.000Z

facts. and the govt just sits there doing nothing

Jack Morrison2026-07-07T23:02:51.000Z

i saw this coming a mile away. been in the industry for 20 years and the writing was on the wall. cost of labour and shipping killed us

Riley Scott2026-07-07T23:31:51.000Z

i heard they were paying pickers like $20 an hour. that's slave labour basically

Jack Morrison2026-07-08T00:07:51.000Z

nah mate, voluntary admin means they're restructuring. but growers usually get stiffed

Reagan Shaw2026-07-07T23:35:51.000Z

just read this at lunch. bloody sad for Hawkes Bay. feels like every week there's another business collapsing

Sophie Ngata2026-07-07T23:58:51.000Z

ffs. nz is going down the toilet

Sophie Ngata2026-07-08T00:02:51.000Z

my neighbour works there, absolutely gutted for him and his family

Riley Scott2026-07-08T00:10:51.000Z

yet the supermarkets are charging $5 for a single apple. where's the money going

Stuff2026-07-08T00:47:51.000Z

exactly, where's the money going? straight to the aussie ceo bonuses.

Drew Parker2026-07-08T00:27:51.000Z

surely someone will pick up the pieces. NZ apples are world class

Quinn Murphy2026-07-08T01:20:51.000Z

i hope someone does. otherwise we'll be importing apples too

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