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Story: Kiwifruit

An unwanted weed

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An unwanted weed

In some areas kiwifruit has escaped from the orchard, and in the Bay of Plenty in particular it has become a weed. It grows over and smothers native trees and shrubs at the edges of forests.

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Hugh Campbell and Julia Haggerty, Kiwifruit – The production year, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17741/an-unwanted-weed (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Hugh Campbell and Julia Haggerty, published 1 March 2009.