The lawyer for a kiwifruit grower found liable for smuggling varieties of the fruit to China said an intended appeal might not go ahead unless kiwifruit marketer Zespri releases frozen funds to pay for it.
Last month, spouses Haoyu Gao and Xia Xue and their Opotiki kiwifruit growing company
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