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Apple exports

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This film clip from the 1960s shows cartons of export apples being prepared for loading into a ship's hold.

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Reference: Case History. National Film Unit, 1966

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John Palmer, Apples and pears – Pipfruit in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/17241/apple-exports (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by John Palmer, published 1 March 2009.