Lamb preferred Christmas Day meat!
Lamb has claimed victory as the preferred Christmas Day meat of choice, according to a new survey.
Fred Hellaby, managing director of Wilson Hellaby Limited and 2022 recipient of the Christie Award, says winning the award was a shock.
The Christie Award, named in honour of butcher Geof Christie, recognises members of the retail meat industry for their commitment, fervour and perseverance to enhance the trade.
Hellaby joins a prestigious list of Christie Award recipients that includes Sir Peter Leitch, Hellers NZ founder Todd Heller, and former Beef + Lamb New Zealand chief executive Rod Slater.
Hellaby says winning the award is a special moment.
“I’ve got to say it was a complete surprise, but at this stage of my career it is wonderful to be recognised in this way,” he says.
Hellaby has been on the Meat Industry Association Council since 2009 and is also a current director and former chair of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce.
He entered the meat industry in the early 1980s, acquiring the line of Hellaby butcher shops out of what was then R&W Hellaby, and later formed a partnership with Ken Symington, owner of Wilson Foods. The business then merged in 1998 to form Wilson Hellaby with a focus on a high service model selling meat into the domestic market.
Reuben Sharples, president of Retail Meat New Zealand says he is delighted the award went to Hellaby.
“He’s a great role model and business leader who passionately supports the industry in his own quiet unassuming way,” he says.
South Waikato farm manager Ben Purua’s amazing transformation from gang life to milking cows was rewarded with the Ahuwhenua Young Maori Farmer award last night.
Bankers have been making record profits in the last few years, but those aren’t the only records they’ve been breaking, says Federated Farmers vice president Richard McIntyre.
The 2023-24 season has been a roller coaster ride for Waikato dairy farmers, according to Federated Farmers dairy section chair, Mathew Zonderop.
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) director general Ray Smith says job cuts announced this morning will not impact the way the Ministry is organised or merge business units.
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