There is a  of potatoes in New Zealand. This means there could be  potato chips until  year. Potato chip  are calling this a "chipocalypse". This is from the  "chip" and "apocalypse". New Zealand has had a very  winter. This has hit potato . In some , a third of the potatoes used to make potato chips has been lost. This means companies will make  potato chips, and  for potato chips will be higher.
The Potatoes New Zealand  told a radio station: "It started raining in March, and it just  hasn't stopped. We've had the  year's worth of rainfall ….It's continuous, so the soils never get a  to dry out." The group said potatoes are  and need to breathe, but they are drowning and rotting  they are under . A big supermarket said: "We are working…to manage  as much as ."