We like Wellington, New Zealand -- and not just for Bret and Jemaine
Wellington, New Zealand, may be home to Peter Jackson and the Ring things, may be where Bret and Jemaine from Flight of the Conchords met at school and were “formerly New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo,” but I prefer to think of Wellington as home to the New Zealand Food Safety Authority.So after a week of work in Wellington, it was time for leisurely lunches, lamb and All Blacks rugby.
Phillippa and her husband (left) graciously picked up Amy and I and took us out of the city to do what I love to do wherever I go – grocery shopping – followed by a fabulous lunch at their home in Porirua.
Saturday evening, NZFSA chief executive Andrew McKenzie (right) and his wife shared their home and their spectacular view of Wellington for dinner and an evening of All Blacks rugby against South Africa.Sunday, after we checked out of the hotel, we decided to grab a bite at 3C, a restaurant we had visited with the NZFSA gang earlier in the week. The meal was slow in arriving, but we didn’t really care as we summed up our week in Wellington. Doug the manager cared, and said lunch was on him. Doug even knew the difference between a University of Kansas Jayhawk and a Kansas State Wildcat due to years spent in the U.S.
So here’s to all things Wellington, and here’s Flight of the Conchords, celebrating all things French and food, with their hit single that Amy actually uses in her French classes, Foux Da Fa Fa.
Cook, clean, chill and separate -- when slaughtering pig in a flat
A Dunedin, New Zealand, City Council Environmental Health Inspector was called to a Union Street Flat recently after several complaints of a dismembered pigs body having been disposed and left on the street and a property.
Health Inspector Judy Austin attended the scene with two Campus Watch officers and a security guard to find blood, skin and the remains of entrail on the street, and the head and trotters of the pig inside the property boundary but close to the public footpath.
Austin said wild pigs can carry diseases such as E-coli, Trichinosis and Brucellosis, so the risk of having an outbreak of disease was possible.
Campus watch issued the tenants with a $100 fine under the Litter Act.
Health Inspector Judy Austin attended the scene with two Campus Watch officers and a security guard to find blood, skin and the remains of entrail on the street, and the head and trotters of the pig inside the property boundary but close to the public footpath.Austin said wild pigs can carry diseases such as E-coli, Trichinosis and Brucellosis, so the risk of having an outbreak of disease was possible.
Campus watch issued the tenants with a $100 fine under the Litter Act.
From road apples to Prairie oysters
Swanky Auckland restaurant Euro served up a recipe for Metro Food Critic Testicles in an advertisement that finished -- "balls to them" -- before inviting people to try the place for themselves.
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The Nourish Group, which owns Auckland restaurants Euro and the Jervois Steak House and Saloon, and Pravda in Wellington, took out a full page ad in the Herald on Sunday banning what it claimed were "out of step" Metro reviewers from its premises after the restaurants were left out of a top 50 list of New Zealand eateries.
The Nourish Group, which owns Auckland restaurants Euro and the Jervois Steak House and Saloon, and Pravda in Wellington, took out a full page ad in the Herald on Sunday banning what it claimed were "out of step" Metro reviewers from its premises after the restaurants were left out of a top 50 list of New Zealand eateries.Man throws hedgehog at teenager, charged with assault
Careful with that hedgehog, Eugene, especially in New Zealand.
The Herald on Sunday say police alleged that William Singalargh, 27, picked up the hedgehog and threw it at a 15-year-old boy in the North Island east coast town of Whakatane on February 9.
Police Senior Sgt. Bruce Jenkins said Monday,
"It hit the victim in the leg, causing a large, red welt and several puncture marks."
Police arrested Singalargh shortly after the incident, and charged him with assault with a weapon -- the hedgehog.
The Herald said the hedgehog was dead when it was collected as evidence, but did not know if it was dead or alive at the time of the alleged attack.
The Herald reported Singalargh's arrest under the headline "Raise your hands and step away from the hedgehog."
The Herald on Sunday say police alleged that William Singalargh, 27, picked up the hedgehog and threw it at a 15-year-old boy in the North Island east coast town of Whakatane on February 9.
Police Senior Sgt. Bruce Jenkins said Monday,"It hit the victim in the leg, causing a large, red welt and several puncture marks."
Police arrested Singalargh shortly after the incident, and charged him with assault with a weapon -- the hedgehog.
The Herald said the hedgehog was dead when it was collected as evidence, but did not know if it was dead or alive at the time of the alleged attack.
The Herald reported Singalargh's arrest under the headline "Raise your hands and step away from the hedgehog."
Outbreak of rare salmonella mbandaka in NZ
The New Zealand Ministry of Health is working with local and national authorities to determine the cause of an outbreak of Salmonella mbandaka, a strain rarely seen in New Zealand.
Nationally there have been 28 cases, 10 of which have occurred in the Nelson Marlborough district. A recent death occurred in an elderly woman in Nelson Hospital who had been infected with Salmonella mbandaka.
The Ministry's Director of Public Health, Dr Mark Jacobs said,
"… it's worth noting at this stage, no food premises have been implicated and all food samples tested have returned negative results."
Nationally there have been 28 cases, 10 of which have occurred in the Nelson Marlborough district. A recent death occurred in an elderly woman in Nelson Hospital who had been infected with Salmonella mbandaka.The Ministry's Director of Public Health, Dr Mark Jacobs said,
"… it's worth noting at this stage, no food premises have been implicated and all food samples tested have returned negative results."
Processor says New Zealand listeria due to bad luck, media boredom or staff error
Richard Kornman of Leonards Superior Smallgoods said yesterday the second recall of its products in a week was due to part bad luck and part due to a lack of news for media to report on.
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Today, Kornman said a staff member could have introduced listeria to the factory by failing to follow hygiene procedures in the company's "high care" area, where the packaged, cold meats were sliced.
Kornman also said the company had been caught in the crossfire of criticism directed toward some district health boards, and that he knew of other companies which had been caught out several times in similar situations but had never been subjected to the same media scrutiny.
Kornman noted the company had been supplying the meat for more than 10 years and it was the first issue it had in that time.
Today, Kornman said a staff member could have introduced listeria to the factory by failing to follow hygiene procedures in the company's "high care" area, where the packaged, cold meats were sliced.Kornman also said the company had been caught in the crossfire of criticism directed toward some district health boards, and that he knew of other companies which had been caught out several times in similar situations but had never been subjected to the same media scrutiny.
Kornman noted the company had been supplying the meat for more than 10 years and it was the first issue it had in that time.
