New Zealand lamb will be on the table next Christmas Day in many homes in the Old Country, in response to the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board’s recent offer to forward single carcases of prime New Zealand lamb as Christmas presents to friends in Great Britain. Lamb promises to be very much of a luxury at Christmas time this year, and no doubt many households will have to go without their usual log of lamb for Christmas dinner. Last week the price of New Zealand lamb was advanced by 1d a pound on the London market and now the freezing buyers are offering up to 12¾d a pound for lamb. There will be an extra half-pound of butter for Christmas baking and modification in the coupon rating for the purchase of spring lamb. of butter from December 1 to 24, and consumers are to purchase this butter from their registered retailers.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 20, 2025 17:39 UTC