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Cuttings of prized SunGold kiwifruits were smuggled to China and NZ growers are divided over what to do about it – ABC News
The SunGold kiwifruit is a prized New Zealand export, but cuttings were planted in China and now a billion-dollar industry is at risk.
Kiwifruits are native to China but it was New Zealand that perfected the golden variety found on supermarket shelves today.
It costs New Zealand farmers a sizable amount of money to license the SunGold kiwifruit and sell it across the world.
New Zealand even has a kiwifruit regulator that makes decisions on all national issues pertaining to the little furry fruit and at the moment there is one brewing between local growers, the owner of the SunGold copyright and China.
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