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The company approached kiwifruit giant Zespri to get approval for the move. “We were very thankful when they said yes, and it has put a golden glow on a tough year for our family farm and staff.” About 35,000 tonnes of gold kiwifruit was delivered to the Food Network South Island’s distribution hub in Christchurch on Friday. ALDEN WILLIAMS/Stuff Food Network South Island manager Leo Kwon and Christchurch City councillor Phil Mauger inspect the crop. Mac Hops carried the growing and harvesting costs and local city councillor Phil Mauger covered the transport costs, McGlashen said. A...

MARTIN DE RUYTER/STUFF Brent McGlashen, of Mac Hops in Lower Moutere, west of Nelson, with hop vines shredded in a Boxing Day hail storm. Hop growers in the Motueka area are counting the costs of the area’s freak Boxing Day hail storm, with estimates that more than half the crop has been destroyed on some farms. The losses have been estimated in the tens of millions of dollars, but the full impact will take time to assess. Lower Moutere grower Brent McGlashen said his farm, Mac Hops, was one of the five to six hop farms that were hit hardest by the storm.