Peter Jamieson Beavenwas a New Zealand architect based in Christchurch, who lived for his last few months in Blenheim. He was a co-founder of New Zealand's first heritage lobby group, the Civic Trust... (wikipedia)
There's so much debt got drawn up from last year's bad returns, another year like that is going to make it difficult for a significant chunk of the industry to survive.
This could have a downward impact on the final export figures.
At this time of year, growers focus only on one thing: getting their fruit off the trees in good condition for export markets.
The EU last year was a bloodbath for all fruit.