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All The Way With 5+ A Day

At breakfast yesterday morning, my wife and I discussed our respective private medical insurance arrangements. As one gets older, these policies tend to rise exponentially in costs, as one is considered a greater risk.

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Here Comes The Milk – AGAIN!!

My smooth way of navigating around the fruit & vegetable at my local green grocer with optimum efficiency was rudely interrupted last week by the appearance of a “Milk Refillery” blocking my way. 

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Fresh Facts 2024 Release

The e-version of Fresh Facts has been available on the United Fresh New Zealand website since mid-October. The print version is now hitting industry desks around the country as well.

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COVID AND ALL THAT

The Auckland Lockdown reverts from Level 3 to something the Prime Minister refers to as Level 2.5. The rest of the country remains at Level 2. Back to normal again. Or is it?

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NORTH KOREA – THE NEXT GLOBAL BANANA MERCHANT?

Global warming is causing all sorts of rethinks. The English county of Kent these days has a burgeoning wine industry. There wasn’t a wine maker in sight in my days in London in the seventies. Wine culture at the time meant buying Black Tower and Blue Nun branded German white wines,

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APPLES NEED TO BE PICKED TO EARN EXPORT DOLLARS

It is not easy being Minister of Immigration. Particularly in Covid times. New Zealand is a very attractive destination for people from around the world at the best of times; for tourists, as well as people intent to build a new life for themselves in our country.

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PERCEPTION IS 9/10TH OF REALITY – HAPPY 2021!

When is a PAK’nSAVE not a big yellow store with plenty of car parks around it? That’s right, when the store is located on the main road between Apia and Samoa’s Faleolo international airport. The store is yellow alright, but somehow lacks the dimensions and presence of its illustrious New Zealand counterparts.

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