Press Release – The Kiwifruit Claim Today, twelve years after PSA first devastated the kiwifruit industry, the Government has finally agreed to compensate the Kiwifruit Claim growers who suffered significant losses as a result of MPIs negligence when they allowed the deadly PSA disease … Today, twelve years after PSA first devastated the kiwifruit industry, the Government has finally agreed to compensate the Kiwifruit Claim growers who suffered significant losses as a result of MPI’s negligence when they allowed the deadly PSA disease into New Zealand. Kiwifruit Claim Chairman, John Cameron said the $40m settlement concludes what has been a very long, hard, and stressful fight for the kiwifruit growers who are part of the claim.