Michael Franks

The volumes were good.

Regional volumes were excellent.

And we were pretty happy with how the whole season came together in all parts of the business really.

Didn't face too many headwinds.

This year's a different growing season.

We've had a lot of climatic issues, particularly early on, if you remember back to Easter.

Volumes are off a little bit, a little bit in the regions, but not too far away.

And so actually we think the season is okay.

Well, I think that comment around the kiwifruit hotel manager, when people who don't understand what we do ask what we do, well, effectively, we run a hotel for fruit.

We've got infrastructure assets right across the major growing regions.

And for a fair proportion of our occupancy,

We arrange it because we're the grower in some form with the landowner.

And so that's quite a nice analogy for us.

In terms of what gets me out of bed in the morning, well, when I became the CEO, we were a far different company than we are today.

We only had revenue of $30 million, and our listed entity, because we've got two, now revenue of $440 million.

It's a very, very different business.

There's a lot going on in it.

There's not too many people understand the depth and breadth of the activities and so what gets me out of bed in the morning is the next thing that needs to be done.

Well, the answer is that it is a very nutritious piece of fruit and it's high in vitamin C. It's high in all the vitamins.

It's very good for your digestive health.