Dina kiwi fruit pruning

Oh what fun this is, one of only a few smiles Christina managed during work! hee hee, only joking, it looks easy in the pic, but trust us, it is BACK BREAKING, imagine doing this 9 hours a day 6 days a week, the height of the vines are usually only a few inches above 5' 4, so Mike is usually ok!:o) ... but anyone else taller than this has to bend slightly aaaall day!

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March 14th 2004
So here firstly we have Christina doing some kiwi fruit pruning, lovely work that it is, it can be neck, back and shoulder breaking, until you've done it for a few weeks and then you get used to it, kind of! Then secondly here we have Mike doing some Mandarine thinning, which again was lovely work in 26 degree sun, trying to avoid wasp nests and large nest of baby spider ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

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