Avocado exports drop amid air freight capacity woes

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date October 11, 2020

Figures from Auckland Airport for August show an almost 60 percent drop in avocados sent by air to overseas markets compared to the same month in 2019.

Tory Whanau may have to sell Wellington mayoralty to make ends meet September 20, 2024
Tory Whanau has revealed that she’s struggling so much financially that she may have to part with her beloved mayoralty, that of New Zealand’s capital city, if she’s to fund her ever-diminishing lifestyle. Whanau was elected to lead Wellington in 2022, winning an overwhelming victory against the incumbent mayor: the evil version of Jason Gunn. […]
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Ukrainian militia receives defective shipment of pagers that just send and receive messages September 18, 2024
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Government directs Te Puni Kōkiri to conduct Māori Language Week in English September 17, 2024
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Government celebrates fact that New Zealand’s healthcare is so good people are queuing up for it at 5am September 17, 2024
At yesterday’s post-cabinet press conference, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, flanked by his Health Minister Shane Reti and someone we can’t independently verify was a real sign language interpreter, announced that he had some positive news for the country. “Alright team, I’m just going to hand over to uh, Dr. Shane, because I think he’s got […]
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Heartwarming: Thoughtful driver uses indicator to tell you what they’ve just done September 17, 2024
It’s 4:10pm in the morning, and you’re in the middle lane heading north on the great southern motorway of our nation’s capital, Auckland. There are no cars directly in front of you, but quite a few in the lane to your left. Suddenly, without warning, a black ute enters your lane, cutting in front of […]
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NPC teams will now be allowed to actually use the Ranfurly Shield in play September 17, 2024
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Police say they won’t respond to bomb threats anymore as ‘it’s never anything’ September 16, 2024
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Air New Zealand flight attendant named CEO after one year on job November 30, 2021
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National Party board denies it unanimously agreed to Collins’ Faustian bargain with Satan November 26, 2021
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Super Saturday recap: Patrick Gower doesn’t know what he’s supposed to do October 16, 2021
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Warning illegal dumping could hit rates March 2, 2025
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Union retain Borton Cup to make it nine in row March 2, 2025
The Payne Tempero Cup. PHOTO: ODT FILES Union secured its ninth consecutive Borton Cup win with a dominant nine-wicket victory over Albion at King George Park.
ORC questioned over estuary’s health March 2, 2025
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NZ into first Nations final after shootout March 2, 2025
Olivia Shannon Grace O’Hanlon The Black Sticks Women booked their place in the FIH Women’s Nations Cup final for the first time after a tense shootout win over host nation Chile in front of a passionate home crowd yesterday.
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No, judges are a law unto themselves March 2, 2025
Should those who dispense justice be able to be sued? PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Stephen Parker considers a recent Australian judgement on whether you can sue a judge.

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