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Avocado and kiwifruit industry representatives say recent storms have caused severe damage but it appears to be localised and unlikely to affect the overall national crop.

At least 7000 dairy livestock have been affected in the recent storms in Waikato and Bay of Plenty alone and hundreds of hectares of pasture and maize crops have been damaged, DairyNZ reports.

Zespri will keep spending aggressively on marketing this year, says Jiunn Shih, the new global general manager marketing.

Zespri is taking action to protect and control its intellectual property, says Zespri chief operating officer Simon Limmer.

Beware the the ‘bok choy effect’.

Zespri officially opened its Middle East office in Dubai earlier this week to manage its growing sales and marketing programmes in this region and other developing markets.

The 2017 New Zealand kiwifruit season is underway with the first ship, the Asian Adonis, set to sail to Shanghai this week with 840,000 trays of Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit.

Zespri chief executive Lain Jager has warned against getting carried away with the current good times in the kiwifruit sector.

The concept of sustainability needs to be more carefully defined, says Zespri’s chief operating officer Simon Limmer.

This week marks a milestone with the kiwifruit industry coming together to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Zespri brand.