Rural Delivery - Series 11, Episode 38

In New Zealand we enjoy a very good pest and disease status. There's a lot of horrible diseases that they have in other parts of the world but not here. So that's why we're absolutely phobic about having imported material come in.

– Greg Furniss from company Blueberry Country on keeping crops disease free

I don't think we want to move people from the bush. The bush is a nice place to be; everyone doesn't want to sit in an office working. But the idea is to get the man or the woman away from THE dangerous places in the bush.So they can still be operating this machine, but they're not right in under the tree.

– Richard Parker on the potential of felling trees using robots

These bushes here have been two years in the ground. By year seven you're starting to hit reasonably good production. So it's not an overnight business.

– Greg Furniss explains how blueberries is not a business involving instant profits

We don't use very much fertiliser on blueberries at all. We don't think they need it.

– Greg Furniss from company Blueberry Country

We're looking for fruit that's got a good shelf life, good for the fresh market — because that's where the best money is.

– Greg Furniss