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Story: Stone fruit and the summerfruit industry

Packing cherries

Packing cherries

Chilean worker Ursula Pineda sorts cherries with a smile on Christmas Eve at Rob’s Rural Market Earnscleugh packhouse, in Central Otago. Large numbers of casual labourers are needed at harvest time, and overseas backpackers often do the work.

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Otago Daily Times
Photograph by Rosie Manins

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Marie Dawkins. 'Stone fruit and the summerfruit industry', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 27-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/stone-fruit-and-the-summerfruit-industry/2/4