The High Court of New Zealand has found against Turners and Growers in the company’s latest bid to destroy Zespri’s marketing operation. The Court ruled that the three claims against Zespri’s marketing activities were not proven, ending an assault on the kiwifruit industry that began with five cases against the kiwifruit industry regulations that were earlier rejected by the High Court.
Zespri’s general manager of grower and government relations Simon Limmer said, since T&G began its deregulation campaign it had tried litigation, political pressure, secret talks with foreign governments and threats to disrupt market access for New Zealand kiwifruit growers offshore.
He said defending the T&G litigation had cost kiwifruit growers millions of dollars.
“As we said from the outset, T&G’s litigation was always entirely without merit and is nothing but a publicity stunt in the context of their broader campaign to deregulate the industry.”
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