PHOTO: ODT FILESA celebration is being held to mark the arrival of New Zealand’s first frozen lamb shipment in the United Kingdom 140 years ago. The Beef + Lamb New Zealand dinner will take place on May 24 - National Lamb Day - at Oamaru’s Loan and Mercantile building. The original shipment had been processed at Totara Estate, south of Oamaru. While this celebration was not replacing the mini-symposium, when Beef + Lamb reached out to Heritage New Zealand to be involved in the Lamb Day event, it ‘‘jumped at the chance’’. Other speakers include Meat Industry Association chief executive Sirma Karapeeva, and New Zealand Meat Board director and Beef + Lamb Central South Island farmer director Nicky Hyslop.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 13, 2022 22:44 UTC