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
Bob (given name) Bob (given name) Bob is a male given name or a hypocorism, usually of Robert. It is most common in English speaking countries such as the United States, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. It most likely originated from the hypocorism Rob, short for Robert. Rhyming names were popular in the Middle Ages, so "Richard" became "Rick", "Hick", or "Dick", "William" became "Will", "Gill", or "Bill", and "Robert" became "Rob", "Hob", "Dob", "Nob", or "Bob". In 1960 nearly 3,000 babies in the United States were given the name Bob compared to fewer than 50 in 2000. Below