Kiwifruit industry in New Zealand and Growers, who were calling the berries "melonettes", because the local name for the fruit, "Chinese gooseberry", had political connotations due to the Cold War, and to further distinguish it from real gooseberries, which are prone to a fungus called anthracnose. An American importer, Norman Sondag of San Francisco, complained that "melonettes" was as bad as "Chinese gooseberry" because melons and berries were both subject to high import tariffs, and instead asked for a short Maori name that quickly connoted New Zealand. In June 1959, during a meeting of Turners and Growers management in Auckland, Jack Turner suggested the name
Ohariu, New Zealand Alf Kirby's 100 acre (41 ha) sheep farm, and moved 25 cows from Feilding to his "Catewell Farm". He was joined by a dozen more dairy farmers. Ohariu Valley has an article from 1896 in "The Cyclopedia of New Zealand". Ohariu, New Zealand Ohariu (or Ohariu Valley) is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. It is a rural area, located from Khandallah. The name is a corruption of Owhariu, where, according to Māori mythology, Kupe dried the sails of his canoe. The area is governed by the Makara / Ohariu Community Board. The name of the locality has given its