We live in Katikati and totally agree with what Tommy ‘Kapai' Wilson says about kiwifruit sprays harming the environment. Although there are many pollutants that are harmful, the kiwifruit orchard sprays are affecting us the most because they are predominantly in our area and continuously being sprayed.
Unfortunately, people are putting their income first before our health and
environment, which is suffering more than many people realize. I have heard that the Bay Of Plenty has the highest cancer rate in New Zealand. And considering how many friends and family have died of cancer that lived near orchards, I am sure that the sprays are contributing to it.
When you have a spray like Hi-cane that will kill a dog if it licks it within two hours of application, and you can't go in the orchard for three days after or touch the vines for five days, it should be banned.
Insecticides are bad also and we should change to organic sprays. We need to find a better way and think about our environment and the generations to come, or we will become polluted like the rest of the world.

J Floyd, Katikati.