This creamy cheese has been in development at Whitestone for the last two years, using a unique mould strain found in North Otago. When we talk about it, it s like that style of a gorgonzola, but we re calling it Oamaru blue because it s here from Oamaru, says Simon Berry, managing director of Whitestone Cheese and spokesperson for New Zealand Specialist Cheesemakers Association.
Developing unique varieties is set to become more important. The European Union wants to ban other countries from using their cheese names in local products. So if we re producing a gruyere here in New Zealand, we re going to have to change our names once these negotiations come through, Berry says.
Sovereign and Dorset Police initially secured a temporary two-week order for 76 The Meadows in Gillingham. The case was back in course in mid-December when magistrates sitting in Poole granted a three-month order under section 80 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. This measure means that no visitors are permitted to attend the address, which is part of a block of homes. Other residents in the block are still allowed guests under the order, while access is still permitted for emergency services, the landlord and owner of the property. Helen Hann, Sovereign regional director for housing said: At Sovereign we believe everyone should have a place they are proud to call home in communities they want to live in. When there are reports of anti-social behaviour in our areas we do all we can, working with our residents and our partner agencies, including the police, to try and ensure there is positive resolution to the problem.
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There is a part of New Zealand so remote, humans have never touched the vast majority of its enormous landscape. And here s how you can explore it.
A quick chat with Simon Berry, MD of Whitestone Cheese, Ōamaru. What s one place you d take every visitor to NZ and why? Fiordland National Park. The fiords and alps are such a pristine natural habitat and it’s fantastic it remains as intact as it was before colonisation. Every Kiwi should experience this either at sea level, alpine or in the bush. The outdoor experiences are world-class and this is our best example of stepping back in time. Only by visiting it first-hand can we understand how nature can return to its original condition right here in Aotearoa.
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Kate s video message was recorded and released late Tuesday before the team races their revolutionary 75-foot flying monohull, BRITANNIA, for the first time in Auckland, New Zealand. The initial series of races take place between December 17-20, presenting the first and only opportunity for the teams from Britain, the USA, Italy and New Zealand to race before the challenge for the America’s Cup starts. The main races kick off with the Prada Cup, the Challenger Selection Series, on January 15, 2021.
In the new film, Kate says the impressive high-tech yacht will move at speeds of around 60mph and be in far more capable hands than when she and William raced in one. And she wishes the British teams well as they start racing in the coming days ahead of the “exciting showdown in March.
Charles toured the hotel and thanked staff for their “tireless efforts, especially at this time of year,” his office at Clarence House says.
In the hotel kitchens (where he was delighted to hear that the fish being prepared was sustainably sourced), he met Executive Chef John Williams who told Charles that he had a lot of Italian staff in the kitchen, to which the prince said, “We love Italy!”
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His visit was partly to show support for how hotel workers had been affected by the impact of the COVID crisis.