Kiwifruit industry in New Zealand In 1952, MacLoughlin approached the New Zealand Fruit Federation who agreed to facilitate the shipping and marketing of the fruit to United States markets, this was New Zealand’s first export of Chinese gooseberries. Due to pioneering research into the transportability of the fruit by John Pilkington Hudson and others at the agriculture department in Wellington, this was the first international export of the kiwifruit. As the local popularity of this fruit increased, New Zealanders discarded the local Chinese name for the fruit ("yáng táo") in favor of the name "Chinese gooseberry". Among the exporters was the prominent produce company Turners
New Farmers' Union Farmers-Small Landowners Party (J-S), which had also won three seats in the 1925 elections. Although the merger did not happen, many party members left to join J-S after the party failed to win a seat in the 1928 elections. New Farmers' Union The New Farmers' Union (, JS) was a centrist political party in Latvia in the inter-war period. The party was established by the merger of several parties, and was officially known as the Latvian New Farmers' Union, the List of Non-Partisan New Farmers, Progressive Old Farmers and Labour Intelligensia. It first contested national elections in 1922, when it