Kiwifruit industry in New Zealand Department of Conservation, responsible for protecting public land, classify "Actinidia deliciosa" as an environmental weed. Kiwifruit industry in New Zealand Kiwifruit or kiwi is a major horticultural export earner for New Zealand. New Zealand developed the first commercially viable kiwifruit and developed export markets, creating the demand for the fruit that exists today. Today New Zealand is the third largest kiwifruit producing country, next to China and Italy, and holds approximately 30% of the market share. In the 2008-2009 season the value of New Zealand kiwifruit exports was NZ$1.45 billion. Cultivation of the fuzzy kiwifruit spread from China in the
Kiwi (horse) states: "Kiwi, 1983 Melbourne Cup". A plaque commemorating Kiwi is also located at the Waverley Racecourse. In 2012, Australian rail operator CFCL Australia named locomotive CF4406 "Kiwi" after the horse. Kiwi (horse) Kiwi (1977 – 2 February 1995) was a New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse who in 1983 won the Wellington Cup in New Zealand and the Melbourne Cup in Australia. Kiwi raced from 1980 to 1987 and remains the only horse ever to win both cups. Kiwi was bred by H. B. Fischer and bought by Waverley sheep farmer Snow Lupton and his wife Ann for only NZ$1000. They had