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Five Tongan kiwfruit packhouse workers have been killed in a horror smash near Katikati.
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Think of a packhouse as a factory for apples.
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More difficult has been trying to run a packhouse without people getting close to each other.
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So where is the industry at: the growers, the packhouse operators, the researchers and the future planners.
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The packhouse manager Clive Exelby says more were due to arrive in time for the kiwifruit season.
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And keeping with the packhouse theme, Mr English announced a repackaged policy to expand New Zealand's trade access.
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Waikato kiwifruit grower and packhouse owner Mark Gardiner said the lockdown meant a whole new way of operating.
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They'll soon be heading into the packhouse where they'll be topped and tailed, graded and bagged for export.
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About 30 firefighters were needed to put out a blaze at a packhouse in the western Bay of Plenty.
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Raewyn Cheer is process and compliance manager at Agri-lab, and works at the factory and packhouse with husband Kerry.
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The packhouse would be closed down for the day, he said, and they were talking to everyone possible to inform people.
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After an inspection of the packhouse in action, the production line was stopped and workers gathered around to hear Mr English speak.
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The packhouse was about 50m by 30m and well alight by the time crews arrived, it said.
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Workers at a Gisborne packhouse have challenged Bill English at a visit that was supposed to be stress-free for the National Party leader.
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It was as though they only saw his shadow amongst them, and he went moping about the packhouse loft again, and lingering there.
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We have still hired five people this week - for the packhouse, and that's off the internet and two locals coming down the drive.