Ua komo mua kekahi o nā ʻuala ʻEulopa i loko o New Zealand i nā mea ulu kūloko, me ka hoʻemi ʻia o ka huahana no ka ulu ʻana a me ka nalowale o nā limahana.
Ke ulu nei ʻo Hewson Farms, ma Mid Canterbury, ma ka awelika ma kahi o 350ha o kaʻuala i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāna hana. Hoʻonui ia i kahi tonnage nui no McCain Foods, akā ulu pū kekahi i nā ʻaka, ka palaoa, ryegrass, clover, seed hybrid seed, kāloti hua hua, beetroot, kale kāheu hapalua a me ka linseed.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Luna Hoʻokele Ross Hewson ʻo ke komo ʻana o nā fries ʻEulopa i loko o Nūhōlani, e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ma nā kiʻi kalepa ʻo New Zealand, ua hopena ma mua o 40 mau pahu o nā huahana e kahe ana i ka mākeke kūloko.
Ua komo ʻoi aku ka nui i loko o ʻAukekulelia, i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia.
Ua pane ʻo McCain Foods i ka momona o ka huahana e ka palena ʻana i ka leo e hana ʻia e hoʻolako i ka mākeke i kēia makahiki.
A ʻo kahi hopena, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Hewson ua hoʻemi ka hui i ka nui o nā limahana paʻa mau i ka pane ʻana i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā kūlana mākeke, ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā kumukūʻai o ka hana, nā hoʻokomo a me ka hoʻokō.
ʻO nā hōʻike i hāʻawi ʻia e nā lālā o ka ʻoihana, e like me Mr Hewson, i loko o ka palapala noi Hoʻolālā ʻĀina Hoʻōla Pōlani ʻo New Zealand (PNZ), i hoʻopau ʻia i Kepakemapa, ua hoʻonāukiuki ke kime ʻoihana ʻoihana Innovation and Employment (MBIE) i kahi noiʻi no ka hoʻoweliweli i waiho ʻia e nā koena koena i lawe ʻia mai i ka ʻāina.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Hewson me nā hana a me nā hana e ola ai ʻo Nūlani he "hihia maopopo loa na MBIE e noiʻi ai".
"Kūpono nā hana a ko New Zealand mau hana inā ʻae ʻo New Zealand i nā mea lawe mai e nānā iā New Zealand ma ke ʻano he wahi hōloi kolohe."
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo ia i ke kākoʻo o nā hale ʻaina lawelawe wikiwiki e like me McDonalds, nāna i haʻi a haʻi i kā lākou kākoʻo e hoʻohana wale i nā huahana i hana ʻia kūloko ʻia ma Nūhōlani a me ʻAukekulia.
"Hoʻonohonoho ʻia kahi pae i manaʻo mākou e kākoʻo ana nā mea kūʻai meaʻai āpau ʻo New Zealand e like me Progressive a me Foodstuffs," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
ʻO ka noi ʻoihana, i hoʻopau ʻia ma Kepakemapa, i ka pane ʻana i ka hoʻoweliweli mua i hoʻonui ʻia i ka lawe ʻia mai o nā koena ʻEulopa paʻahau i waiho ʻia i ka mahele hana ʻuala o New Zealand, i hui pū ʻia me nā hopena hoʻohiamoe chain supply i hoʻokumu ʻia e Covid-19.
I ka manawa ke koena ma ʻEulopa he 1.5 miliona mau tona, akā ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia nā kiʻi hou loa ma 2.6 miliona tonnes a e ulu nei ma muli o nā hopena o ka laka hou ʻana ma nā ʻāpana o ʻEulopa.
ʻAʻole kū hoʻokahi kēia kūlana i ka ʻoihana ʻuala o Nūhōlani, me nā mea ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻAukekulelia a me ʻApelika Hema e kāhea ana i nā kuleana a i ʻole nā hana e kaupalena a hoʻokō paha i nā hana anti-dumping.