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Annette Trent's avatar

You’ve captured the weirdness and frustration so well, the butter paradox is real. And, it's not just about butter, it’s about rebuilding food systems that work for us, not just through us.

Thanks for shining a light on this with wit and warmth. You’ve stirred the churn.

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Jo's avatar

Great read Lou, scarily true of several products where NZ & Aus are primary producers. In Aus we sell our WATER! How nuts is that.

Definitely time to stop putting profit before the reality of feeding and watering locals.

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Kt's avatar

I’ve been asking this same question. Why????

Since the 2020 covid farce suddenly forced up prices globally, why do we have to pay for the rest of the world to enjoy what we manufacture. Increased demand means more potential income for our farmers agreed, it also means more profit for the big companies such as fonterra, so let’s follow the money.

Fonterra pay more in tax, the government receives more In tax, while the consumer pays tax on its shopping

So big win win situation for everybody except me.

And you.

I do not see why a specific quota for NZ consumption of all exported products couldn’t be set aside to keep back for New Zealanders.

When I visit the UK (home) I find food from here selling cheaply there compared to here!

(And sometimes thought of as ‘cheap

meat’ etc)

This might be a very simplistic approach to the manmade butter problem but I’ve lived most of my life in NZ arriving as a young adult

and I have seen periods of comparable bad weather with occasional shortages so blaming price rises on weather is simply not good enough. New Zealand is selling its people short. New Zealand seems only to care about profit. New Zealand currently is a disgrace.

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Dave's avatar

What a pity. It's just as bad here in BEAUTIFUL NEW ZEALAND.

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