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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 43

THIRD SCHEDULE

SITUATED within Wellington City:

Cobham Drive: from Troy Street to Evans Bay Parade.

Ohariu Valley Road: from a point 1 kilometre measured northerly generally along Ohariu Valley Road from Ohariu Road to a point 1.8 kilometres measured northerly generally along Ohariu Valley Road from Ohariu Road.

FOURTH SCHEDULE

SITUATED within Wellington City:

No. 1 State Highway (Awanui-Bluff): from a point 100 metres measured northerly generally along the said highway from Waterloo Quay to a point 100 metres measured north-easterly generally along the said highway from Onslow Road.

Calabar Road: from Cobham Drive to Broadway.

Cobham Drive: from Troy Street to Miramar Avenue.

Happy Valley Road: from a point 1100 metres measured southerly generally along Happy Valley Road from Borlase Street to a point 2900 metres measured southerly generally along the said road from Borlase Street.

Hutt Road: from the Wellington-Johnsonville railway overbridge to the No. 1 State Highway (Awanui-Bluff).

Makara Road: from a point 320 metres measured southerly generally along Makara Road from South Makara Road to a point 960 metres measured northerly generally along Makara Road from South Makara Road.

Ruahine Street: from a point 90 metres measured southerly generally along Ruahine Street from Taurima Street to a point 60 metres measured northerly generally along Ruahine Street from Wellington Road.

Stebbing Road.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of April 1977.

C. C. A. McLACHLAN, Minister of Transport.

S.R. 1976/227

†New Zealand Gazette, No. 124, dated 9 December 1976, Vol. I, p. 2773

(T.T. 29/2/Wellington City)

Standard Grade for the Export of Kiwifruit Notice 1977
(No. 1682 Ag. 12/2/14)

PURSUANT to regulation 13 of the New Zealand Grown Fruit and Vegetables Regulations 1975*, the Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries hereby gives notice that the standard grade for the export of kiwifruit shall be as set out in this notice.

NOTICE

1. Title—(1) This notice may be cited as the Standard Grade for the Export of Kiwifruit Notice 1977.

(2) This notice shall come into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette.

2. Application of Notice—This notice determines the standard grade applicable for the export of kiwifruit, and shall be the minimum grade standard for kiwifruit exported from New Zealand.

3. Title and Grade—The grade mark assigned to this standard grade shall be Class I (hereinafter referred to as “the grade”).

4. Definition of Produce—This grade applies to kiwifruit (Chinese gooseberries) being fresh fruit grown from varieties of Actinidia chinensis Planch to be supplied fresh to the consumer.

5. Definition of Terms—Unless the context otherwise requires, terms used in this notice shall have the same meaning as in the New Zealand Grown Fruit and Vegetables Regulations 1975. Certain of these definitions as applicable to fruit are set out in the First Schedule to this notice.

6. Quality Requirements—(a) The fruit must be—

(i) Intact—Whole fruit;

(ii) Sound;

(iii) Clean;

(iv) Well formed—typical of variety;

(v) Free from abnormal external moisture; and

(vi) Free of foreign smell or taste.

(b) The kiwifruit must have been carefully picked and of a similar degree of maturity in the same line of produce. They must have matured sufficiently to complete the ripening process and in the opinion of an inspector, the stage of maturity must be suitable to withstand handling storage and transport to meet the market requirements of the place of destination. Except with the express permission of an authorised inspector kiwifruit for export shall not be harvested in any season before the first day of May.

(c) The kiwifruit must be of good quality and have characteristics typical of the variety, and be free of defects which may—

(i) Impair the general appearance and keeping quality of the fruit; or

(ii) Which are likely to make the fruit unattractive to the purchaser.

(d) The flesh must be sound, but skin defects which are not liable to impair the general appearance and keeping qualities are permitted on each fruit within the limits specified in the Second Schedule to this notice.

(e) The kiwifruit are to be free from pests, diseases, and contamination with toxic materials.

7. Sizing—(a) The minimum fruit weight for export shall be 66 grams.

(b) Fruits in a package, other than a bulk container, shall be evenly sized and of reasonably uniform shape.

8. Packaging and Presentation—(a) The contents of each package must be uniform and contain only kiwifruit—

(i) Grown in the same region;

(ii) Of similar quality;

(iii) Of one variety true to name; and

(iv) Of a similar degree of maturity.

(b) The kiwifruit shall not be deceptively packed or stacked, and must be packed in clean new packages suitable for transport and handling so that they will not be damaged in transit. Any paper or other material used inside the package must be new and harmless to human food. When printed material is used the printing must be on the outside only so as not to come into contact with the fruit. The fruit must be free of foreign bodies such as leaves and twigs.

9. Marking—Each package must bear the following particulars legibly and indelibly on the outside—

(a) Identification—growers or packhouse registered mark and exporters identification.

(b) Nature of produce—kind and variety.

(c) Origin—New Zealand.

(d) Commercial specification—grade, count, or size if packed, or size for loose-filled packs of 15 kg net weight or less.

(e) Official control mark—inspection stamp or similar identification if applicable.

(f) Labels—if used must be of not less than 40 square centimetres.

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE

Definition of terms:

“Clean” means free from dirt, dust, insect stains, or other foreign substance or material;

“Count” means the number of fruit contained in any package;

“Inspector” means an Inspector appointed under the Plants Act 1970;

“Mature” in relation to fruit, means that in the opinion of an inspector the fruit will properly complete the ripening process, and is suitable for export;

“To pack” means to arrange fruit regularly and compactly in a package so that they are not loose or compressed to an extent likely to cause damage to the fruit during handling or transport;

“Sound” means free from decay, rots, overmaturity, breakdown, freezing injury, damage, and similar defects which may cause rapid loss of condition or rapid decay;

“Storage defects” means decay, storage scald, fungal rots, wilt, or other injury to fruit as a result of storage.

SECOND SCHEDULE

Allowance for skin defects:

Each kiwifruit is permitted skin defects within the following limits, provided that the aggregate area of all defects, when two or more are present, shall not exceed 1 square centimetre:

(a) Defects of a superficial nature, except those caused by pests or diseases, provided that the total area affected does not exceed 1 square centimetre.

(b) “Proximity marks” such as those caused by strong winds late in the growing season. Provided not black centred or depressed, not more than two marks per fruit and the total area does not exceed 1 square centimetre.

(c) “Hayward mark” is characteristic of the variety and is permitted provided fruit shape is not distorted, it does not unduly detract from the general appearance of the fruit and the commonly associated protruberance is not liable to damage during handling and packing.