1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 1: Canterbury Boom rolls on. I've got some good news here. 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: We're talking apples. T and G have announced they're expanding 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: their operation in the South. Ten G Chief Operating Officer 4 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:09,799 Speaker 1: Shane Kingston is with a Shane morning to you. 5 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 2: Mike. 6 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 1: This is the is it the Jolie or the Jollylie, 7 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 1: Julie the Joe Lee as Dolly Pant's Lee Joe Lee. 8 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: So this is an apple, it's like the compare it 9 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: to the Envy or the Jazz. 10 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, Joe is a unique taste, second to non texture 11 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 2: compared to oder apple. So whilst jazz is known for 12 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 2: being kind of crunchy, a tangy sweet, and Envyes are 13 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 2: about balance across sweetness and pressure Aromas and Joelye is 14 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 2: much much fuller flavored, much much crisper and really bursting. 15 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: Which fantastic. So you've got one hundred and twenty five 16 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: hicctas by way of expansion in Canterbury. So there's a 17 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: two part story. One you're expanding. So does one hundred 18 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 1: and twenty five hiccteas meet your demand and why Canterbury. 19 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll start with the second part first, Mike, believe 20 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 2: it's important we continue to adapt and build resilience into 21 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:05,759 Speaker 2: our business. So some of the ways we're doing that 22 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 2: that's by developing, commercializing but new plant varieties, so Joe 23 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 2: Lee is a great example of that, but also varieties 24 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,119 Speaker 2: that we've grown in different Doga brig climates, So that's 25 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 2: really diversifying and the risking are growing in supply footbrint 26 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 2: and then specifically provides excellent opportunity for this flat land 27 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 2: availability fertile soils, reliable water sources, adequate winter jail, decent rainfall, 28 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 2: and sufficient growing the gree day. So all of that 29 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 2: combines into something that's very very favorable and we believe, 30 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 2: you know, the risks are growing footprint within context of 31 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 2: New Zealand. So that's that piece when you think about 32 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 2: Joe Leading and varieties, it's really about continuing to meet 33 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 2: consumer demand globally, and this brand and variety stats really 34 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 2: really strongly against that. 35 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: Fantastic and the Apple story generally as compared with you know, 36 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 1: I Q we frutal gripes. I mean, are we booming 37 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 1: or not? 38 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 2: I would say we're booming. We've had some very very 39 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 2: challengingeers in New Zealand context. You know COVID certainly impacted 40 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 2: the sector. And then as you'll be well aware, you know, 41 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 2: the cyclone Gabriel really really impacted the northeast coastlines so 42 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 2: Keis Bernard and the key growing area of hoax Day, 43 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 2: so that you know twenty three was heavily impacted. Twenty 44 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 2: four there was residual impact from that. We're all hoping 45 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,959 Speaker 2: that twenty five we've moved past all of that. Demand 46 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 2: continues to be good in global markets for New Zealand fruit. 47 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 2: It's really now about you know, we've started all companies 48 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 2: have started harvesting this season's crop this week, so we're 49 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 2: all fingers crossed that climate, continuous weather continues to be 50 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 2: favorable to us. The crop looks full and clean, so 51 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 2: this year is stacking up to be certainly better than 52 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:45,639 Speaker 2: the last few. 53 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 1: That's exciting. Guy Well, Shane appreciate it. Shane Kingston on 54 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: the apples. So the crop looks good. I'm slightly worried 55 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: in the north about the gripes. If you down polls 56 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 1: might have caused some interesting issues. I head an Italian 57 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: Kiwi fruit. We've got to get zisbrie on so I 58 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: had an Italian I didn't realize it was Italian. I 59 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: ate into the kiwi fruit, it tasted nothing like a 60 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: kiwi fruit, and I thought, there's something wrong here labels 61 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: it Italian. And then I thought to myself, because we've 62 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: had a number of conversations, they want to They voted 63 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,639 Speaker 1: last year successfully to expand their growing operation internationally and 64 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: one of the places they grow is Italy so they 65 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: can supply the world twenty four to seven. But I 66 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: worry that if we're growing kiwi fruit in Italy and 67 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:27,959 Speaker 1: these Italian Kiwi fruit don't take it taste like kuy fruit, 68 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 1: We're going to damage our brand. 69 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 2: What did it taste like? 70 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: It tastes like nothing like. It tastes like came from 71 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: California in some bloke with a spray can had gone 72 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: past and spray the bejesus out of it, and it 73 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: tastes nothing like kiwi fruit. So we need to get 74 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: zest freon pressing issues Sam. 75 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 2: For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to 76 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 2: news talks it'd be from six am weekdays, or follow 77 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.