There was something special mid-June at The Simunovich Olive Estate, when Branka Simunovich, friends and staff gathered together to witness the "first press" as the first of their 40,000 olives trees were harvested in New Zealand's largest olive grove. "Back in Croatia, the whole family would get together for the harvest," says Branka, "all the strong boys would turn the press, there would be a lamb on the spit and everybody would be singing," she said.
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