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Why is Butter so expensive in New Zealand?

February 22, 202600:40
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There was a clip on one news.
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>> Is $8 too much to pay for a block of
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butter?
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>> Let me talk to Minister Willis.
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>> Are you ripping Kiwis off when it comes
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to butter?
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>> The political reporter Mikey Sherman,
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she said chasing you down the street
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fair go style, asking you if you're
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robbing New Zealanders for the price of
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butter. Were you fuming when you got to
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your destination?
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>> Disappointed more than anything.
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Clearly, I had some information that I
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needed to share. But at the same time,
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the finance minister had invited me down
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to talk about the price of butter is
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what was the topic of the day. I wanted
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to have that conversation and be
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respectful cuz she asked for the
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meeting. She gave me a lot of support in
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our farmer base. You know, a lot of
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emails and texts from farmers that
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evening saying, "This is disgraceful and
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this is what New Zealand media has come
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to." At the end of the day, that's the
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job that I've got and I just sort of run
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with them. But as I say, disappointed
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more than

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