16 August 2010
News Release

Turners & Growers To Appeal High Court Ruling

Turners & Growers has today announced that it will appeal the High Court decision in its case against the privately owned monopoly kiwifruit exporter, Zespri.

Turners & Growers Chairman, Tony Gibbs said the company had reviewed the High Court judgment in detail over the weekend and will be lodging its appeal as soon as possible.

Tony Gibbs said while he appreciated that Zespri wished to avoid further scrutiny of its behaviour and its extraordinary position as a private company with a statutory monopoly, Mr Jager’s call for Turners & Growers not to appeal the High Court decision was ‘wishful thinking.’

ENDS