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
1960 in New Zealand 1960 in New Zealand The following lists events that happened during 1960 in New Zealand. The 32nd New Zealand Parliament continued. In power was the Second Labour government under Walter Nash. The general election saw the governing Labour Party defeated by a twelve-seat margin, and replaced by the Second National government. See 1960 in art, 1960 in literature, See: 1960 in music See: 1960 in New Zealand television, 1960 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, , , Public broadcasting in New Zealand See: , 1960 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, The national