So far this year we’ve had floods, severe snow storms, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake followed by hundreds of aftershocks, kiwifruit canker and a fatal explosion in a coal mine.
That’s more than enough but now a mystery disease is killing off oysters and forecasts of a La Niña summer are heralding drought.
What next – a plague of locusts?
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Homepaddock 
Hp, be careful what you ‘wish’ for.
Locusts can be a little hungry at times!
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I guess the South Island equivalent would have to be a boom in the rabbit population – disease resistance must be building.
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Grass grub beetles seem to pretty numerous this season judging by the damage on my plum tree
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How about those jellyfish swarms that devastated the Big Glory Bay salmon farms?
It least we’ll be able to rid ourselves of fireblight by exporting it to Australia.
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