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 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