When will we learn what the effects of agri chemicals are having on our whenua and the people who live on it?
For 2 decades now we have poured poisonous sprays like Hicane and copper based agri chemicals on to orchards without any scientific tests done on their effects to human health. This was all in the name of increased yield. And now orchardists are paying the price and it's called PSa.
You can listen to all the hype and spin from so called scientists and experts in their field but I will take my advice from kaitiaki ki te whenua who tell me PSa is a cancerous manifestation caused from years of chemical abuse on the whenua that kiwifruit grow on.
To throw more chemicals at PSa such as KeyStrepto, an antibiotic not only banned in many countries but held with serious human health risks is short sighted madness and warrants at least the level of concern of boobs on bikes. This is poison on people and unlike boobs on bikes where you had the choice to look or look away, we don't have a choice to spray or walk away.
Many within the Kiwifruit industry including Seeka are saying no to Keystrepto and so should we as concerned citizens of Tauranga Moana who want our tamariki of tomorrow to live healthy lives.
When will we learn that Papatuanuku our Mother Earth, and the guardian of our whenua, is telling us to stop poisoning her?

T. Kapai, Te Puna.