Orchard manager David Alderton said about 70 trees had been blown over and up to 25 per cent of the crop had been lost on the Mangakahia Rd property. He helped plant the trees 11 years ago and seeing hundreds of fruit on the ground was devastating.
Damage done to avocado orchard
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