NZ horticulture thanks local workers for "magnificent response"

Ashley Walmsley
January 10 2021 - 12:00pm
PICKING: The New Zealand summerfruit season has been assisted by locals taking up picking jobs. Photo: Shutterstock
PICKING: The New Zealand summerfruit season has been assisted by locals taking up picking jobs. Photo: Shutterstock

WHILE Australian growers and politicians bemoan the lack of locals taking up fruit picking jobs, the New Zealand summerfuit industry has praised its countrymen for heeding the call.

Ashley Walmsley

Ashley Walmsley

Editor, Good Fruit & Vegetables

Ashley Walmsley is the editor of ACM's only national, fresh produce magazine, Good Fruit & Vegetables, while also covering horticulture stories for the agricultural papers and websites. He also writes the weekly, The Ringer, column in the Qld Country Life.

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