Today, there are approximately 2,800 kiwifruit growers and 3,200 registered orchards in New Zealand. There are around 14,500 hectares of kiwifruit in production. 79% of New Zealand-grown kiwifruit comes from the Bay of Plenty. Kiwifruit or kiwi is a major horticultural export earner for New Zealand developed the first commercially viable kiwifruit and developed export markets, creating the demand for the fruit that exists today. Today New Zealand is the third largest kiwifruit producing country, next to China and Italy,[1] and holds approximately 30% of the market share. In the 2008–2009 season the value of New Zealand kiwifruit exports was NZ$1.45 billionCultivation of the fuzzy kiwifruit spread from China in the early 20th century, when seeds were introduced to New Zealand by Mary Isabel Fraser the principal of Whanganui Girls