Well, Mr. Gibbs has shown his true colours! He is so determined to win at any cost that he will even collaborate against New Zealand's national interests in league with a foreign power. Maybe we could politely suggest that he go home seeing as New Zealand is not that important to him.One day his epitaph will read "Here lies the man who single handedly reduced one (and perhaps 2) of New Zealands key industries to penury and ran 1000's of hard working kiwis off their land."Mr Gibbs, although I know this will fall on deaf ears, I plead with you stop, and consider, that this country that I love has gone from a highly educated, skilled and wealthy, paradise to a basket case heading for 2nd and 3rd world status in a little over a generation because of idealogues like you. The "trickle down" has not happened and we are left with a low skilled, underemployed, dependent population. The kiwifruit industry is one of the few wholey kiwi owned industries that has a chance of growing and bringing wealth into this nation and you want to pull it down. It has grown rapidly for a decade now and yet because you can't control it you want to destroy it? What are you hiding at Turners/Enza that you need to sidetrack shareholders with this battle? Can't you build your own business instead of pulling down others? Surely sir with over $400million of assets you can make some money for yourself and your investors without destroying the livelyhoods of others?I hope you fail in your bid because otherwise New Zealanders will pay for your ego for generations to come.
While I am a supporter of single desk, this doesn't mean Zespri is the shining light. If nothing else, the Turners bid could shake the tree and improve the growers lot
Why is Amearica the self-imposed leader of the world? Why should we listen to that Oligarchy, when they themselves have mutiple monopolies that actually influence society, and not in a good way. Zespri is doing no wrong and I think Turners and Growers should suck it up and go back to the drawing board.
Tony Gibbs should mind his own business & stop trying to bugger up another working set up so he can make more money for himself .
