{"id":118,"date":"2019-01-28T06:18:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T06:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianasfruit.co.nz\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2023-08-14T17:24:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T05:24:33","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dianasfruit.co.nz\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"118\" class=\"elementor elementor-118\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32ca746 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32ca746\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" data-e-bg-lazyload=\"\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-956aba9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"956aba9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ba5dfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4ba5dfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dianasfruit.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DianasFruit_Logo_.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-638\" alt=\"Dianas Fruit - Mangaweka - Taihape - New Zealand\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00b3ce3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"00b3ce3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our History<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52e8d2e elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"52e8d2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-quote-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M464 256h-80v-64c0-35.3 28.7-64 64-64h8c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24V56c0-13.3-10.7-24-24-24h-8c-88.4 0-160 71.6-160 160v240c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h128c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V304c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zm-288 0H96v-64c0-35.3 28.7-64 64-64h8c13.3 0 24-10.7 24-24V56c0-13.3-10.7-24-24-24h-8C71.6 32 0 103.6 0 192v240c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h128c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V304c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83da280 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"83da280\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Diana\u2019s fruit started with a love story.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8382631 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8382631\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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There they fell in love again\u2014with the wild hills of the Kawhatau, full of totara stumps, sheep and plentiful game.\u00a0<\/p><p>Robert supplemented his earnings (working for landowners) with hunting: venison for the table, and selling huge wool bales full of rabbit skins. They had 4 children, who it turn fell in love and married their sweet hearts too.<\/p><p>In 1962 Bob\u2019s grandson Grant was born. Bob and Sally retired soon after and continued to live in the district they had farmed most of their working lives. <br \/>Bob and Grant had a special relationship, with Bob teaching Grant to shoot the way he had taught his own son Colin: they were allowed one, single 22 shell to hunt with. When they brought home a rabbit, they were allowed 2 shells the next time. Raising a family through the Great Depression meant a lifelong commitment to thrift. <br \/>Bob also had competitions with Grant: who could grow the biggest vegetables, and the most fruit. So you could say Bob provided Grant\u2019s inspiration: growing wholesomeness.<\/p><p>Horticulture continued to be a passion for Grant. Colin promised him a trip to view Central Otago orchards if he passed his exams. <br \/>Then, in the early 80\u2019s Rob Muldoon initiated a diversification strategy. <br \/>A team of experts visited the Taihape district, and pronounced it suitable for growing apricots, asparagus, and garlic. <br \/>A flurry of planting ensued: 8 orchards eventuated, but only Grant and Colin invested in frost protection and Fairview Orchard survived.<\/p><p>Grant, like Bob, also enjoyed hunting, and in 1987 hunted again, but for a dear\u2026 not deer. 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