Go Kiwi Fruit!

Since Emma had New Zealand Monopoly for her birthday, we’ve made it our mission to visit as many places on the board as we can. By the time we finish our trip, we will have completed all but three! This week we visited Kiwi 360 which is a farm park dedicated to the Kiwi Fruit. You never knew they were so interesting? Well here goes with some fascinating facts! Imported from China, the fruit used to be known as the Chinese Gooseberry. It needs a huge amount of water to bear fruit and when it does, it’s abundant. Did you know that the humble Kiwi has more vitamin C than an orange; more fibre than a bowl of bran flakes AND more potassium than a banana – they are of course promoting it as the world’s healthiest food. We had a tour of the orchards in a unique “kiwi-cart”; got to see kiwis growing on the vine; tasted the green and the golden fruit; sampled kiwi juice (not sure about that) and even kiwi wine! Hic!