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New frost fans at Matahiwi Estate leads to creation of activist group

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 24 Sep 2021, 5:15PM
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New frost fans at Matahiwi Estate leads to creation of activist group

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 24 Sep 2021, 5:15PM

It's like a fleet of helicopters flying overhead. 

That's how people have described the sound of new vineyard frost fans in Masterton.

Matahiwi Estate has installed nine new duel blade frost fans, sparking the creation of the Matahiwi Frost Fan Action Group.

Member Erica Kinder told Heather Du Plessis-Allan the fans are unbearable.

“So there’s a big force of air pressure that exerts from these things and it’s like a blast that’s in your house, so the whole house vibrates.”

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