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Fruit growers in Motueka are counting the cost of Boxing Day s massive hailstorm Fruit growers in Motueka are counting the cost of Boxing Day s massive hailstorm 28 December 2020 Heywood Orchards grows golden kiwifruit and apples. Evan Heywood says the storm was the worst he s seen - and it shredded the leaves and significantly knocked around the fruit. He says you can t just walk away from the damaged fruit either, you ve still got to get it off the vines and trees. Heywood says the workload still hasn t changed but the value of the crop has been reduced to nothing. ....