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This under Science rather than Health on Radionz.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/wellbeing/is-it-ok-to-sit-on-public-toilet-seats
Wow are we advanced. Dilbert holds sign ‘This way to Piles of Money’ while the populace advance like blind zombies only to fall over the cliff ahead.
This toilet seat information should be under Public Health, its niche area which is of interest and needed along with information on how vaccines work, why it is important to keep applying moisturising cream to your legs when you are older, is whitening toothpaste bad for children, how often should you clean your teeth, is a bit of work with the brush and water better than not if you can’t afford toothpaste that week, what to do about gout – does diet alleviate the twinges in your hinges?
Helpful stuff, but science space .should be dominated by climate change info, how to trap random drones – barrage things, nets on helium balloons, What vegs grow that have salt water acceptance, why wilding pines don’t fit with the CO2 absorbance program, and on ……
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/575996/wattie-s-nz-taking-fewer-tomatoes-corn-beetroot-until-demand-increases
Wattie’s New Zealand is further reducing fruit and vegetable crops it sources from its home of Hawke’s Bay, citing an ongoing struggle against cheaper imports.
Growers of key crops beetroot, corn and tomatoes will be affected by its recent crop intake review.
Just last month, it announced it would reduce production of its canned peaches.
A spokesperson for the brand, owned by food giant Kraft-Heinz of the United States, said it carried out these reviews each year to respond to market demand, increased competition from imported goods and rising input costs.
“In recent years, Wattie’s has seen a reduction in demand for home-grown canned fruit products and has not been able to recover to the levels it saw prior to the cyclone,” she said.
“Our desire, of course, is for Kiwis to return to the Wattie’s locally grown favourites, but until such time as we see an increase in demand, we are forced to adjust our intake, which has impacted crops such as peaches, beetroot, tomatoes and corn.”
She said it contacted affected growers directly, many of them had been partners for years
“We recognise this is a difficult time for them and their businesses and are committed to helping them through this transition phase.”…
…Anti-dumping duties on preserved peaches from China were lifted in 2017.
Newsroom reported that Stats NZ data included in the Heinz application showed Chinese peach import volumes increased from 300,000 kilograms a quarter in 2018, to a peak of just below 831,000 kilograms in the final quarter of 2024.
The Hawkes Bay produce Wattie cans are twice the price of Oak etc, and wages and jobs are down, this could be crocodile tears. It could be they are importing under a different brand, cheaper fruit that compete against Hawkes Bay. And when many people can’t choose their own food because they are reliant on the Food Bank, that distorts the market. We are surely distorted as a country – wzvwmzwv>z^ (that’s the code for the real New Zealand.) Old song Sixteen Tons from JohnnyCash with lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KKdnq-k35I
More NZ fruitloop news.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/573697/canned-peaches-canned
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/573533/wattie-s-says-slicing-peach-production-in-hawke-s-bay-not-related-to-owner-s-split
2023 https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/573533/wattie-s-says-slicing-peach-production-in-hawke-s-bay-not-related-to-owner-s-split
May2023 https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/490140/produce-company-predicts-around-30m-in-losses-after-cyclone
Produce company T&G Global is forecasting a loss of $28 to $34 million for this financial year after Cyclone Gabrielle severely affected the group’s Hawke’s Bay plantings.
Chief executive Gareth Edgecombe said about a third of the group’s planted hectares were damaged by the cyclone – 13 percent severely damaged and another 22 percent would be less productive over the next two to three years.
Most of T&G’s orchards were not impacted by the cyclone, however, Edgecombe said.
In February the exporter reported a full year loss of just under $1m, with revenue down 4 percent, after quality issues with its Envy brand apples and easing overseas consumer demand….
Aus High Court upholds minister’s decision to block visa for American commentator Candace Owens. Known for controversial views including downplaying the holocaust and claiming muslims started slavery, she was denied entry to Australia in October after she announced a speaking tour. But no worries, she can still come here [*facepalm*]
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-15/high-court-upholds-ministers-block-visa-candace-owens/105893248
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/536481/conservative-us-commentator-candace-owens-has-new-zealand-ban-lifted
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