As a result of the increasing number of confirmed Psa-V positive orchards in the wider Coromandel region, the KVH Board has made the decision to reclassify the region from Containment to Recovery.

Psa-V was first identified in the Coromandel region in September 2012.
The NPMP defines a Recovery region as a region with widespread Psa-V infection. The Coromandel region currently has more than 65% of kiwifruit hectares on orchards with Psa-V identified.

The KVH Board, while having empathy with Coromandel growers who did not support this change, had to consider the rules of the NPMP and the need to move pollen into the region for the upcoming pollination season.