Government to give away 672 tonnes of pork

Tue, 19 May 2020

The government’s great pork intervention will see taxpayers buy up to 112 tonnes of New Zealand pork a week from wholesalers and send it to food banks over the next six weeks. As part of a Budget allocation of $14.9 million aimed at redirecting food from the primary sector that would “otherwise be wasted,” the Ministry for Primary Industries will pay for surplus pork meat resulting from covid-19 government-enforced restrictions, and have it delivered to food banks via KiwiHarvest, a food “rescue” network. The 'redirection' funding will al...

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