Kiwifruit industry in New Zealand principal of Wanganui Girls' College who had been visiting mission schools in Yichang, China. The seeds were planted in 1906 by a Wanganui nurseryman, Alexander Allison, with the vines first fruiting in 1910. A New Zealand horticulturalist developed the well-known green kiwifruit in Avondale, New Zealand, around 1924. This well known green kiwifruit were later renamed “Hayward” as a tribute to its creator, Hayward Wright. The first commercial planting of Chinese gooseberries occurred in 1937 by the orchardist Jim MacLoughlin. He found that the vines were low maintenance and fruited well. By 1940, MacLoughlin purchased more property for Chinese gooseberry
New Zealand archaeology Polynesian methods lasted well into the Archaic period. Historical archaeology in New Zealand started late and grew slowly, it was only by the 1960's that European structures were being systematically excavated. Although it has been used to solve some historical questions such as Taranaki Māori political prisoners in the Dunedin Gaol work on Pounamu in the late 1800s. There also interest in Maori post contact sites. Early archaeology in New Zealand was performed by anthropologists and private collectors of Māori artifacts. Many sites where destroyed by caress scavenging or poorly documented research. Systimated research was first conducted by the museums