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Monday, 19 November 2018 08:10

APEC ends in disarray

The conflict between the US and China played out during leaders' meetings at APEC this weekend.

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting has ended in disarray, with leaders unable to reach consensus on the official communique reports Laura Walters  for Newsroom.

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Friday, 16 November 2018 15:41

Year-round promotions entrench NZ venison in Europe

Trainee Belgian chefs celebrate what they have learned about NZ venison from NZ chefs Graham Brown (centre) and Shannon Campbell (far left)

The northern European autumn and winter ‘game season’ remains a key market for NZ venison, even with the industry’s success in building year-round venison demand in other markets. The region is also breaking with tradition and slowly developing a taste for venison as a summer grilling item.

Deer Industry NZ (DINZ) venison marketing manager Nick Taylor says exports of NZ venison to northern Europe for the 2018 game season are expected to be worth about $70 million, about 35 per cent of total venison exports. “Because of successful market diversification, the percentage is well down on what we were seeing 10 years ago, but the northern European game season remains and is likely to remain one of our most important markets,” he says.

During September, DINZ executive chef Graham Brown spent three weeks in Europe working with Europe-based chef Shannon Campbell. They supported venison marketers and their in-market partners in Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands, as they laid the groundwork for the 2018 game season.

Because of the long hot European summer, the game season began late this year but chefs at NZ venison promotions ordered good quantities for their new menus, Brown said.

With prices for the traditional saddle and leg cuts at historically high levels, he said chefs showed a lot of interest in new and less expensive cuts.

“Chefs love anything different and challenging so it helps extend their repertoire. It also provides a great opportunity for the industry to get better value from the whole carcass.”

The Swedish activity – which involved a week’s worth of demonstrations and hands-on chef and buyer education – went particularly well, reports Taylor.

This was followed by another week in Belgium with importer Bimpex, which partners with venison exporters Alliance and Duncan New Zealand. Later, Brown and Campbell supported importers Kiplama at a hospitality show in the Netherlands. Taylor says Campbell also supported Silver Fern Farms with photoshoots for its game season promotions, as well as undertaking in-store tastings in wholesale markets where chefs shop. At Busche Gala, an annual event in Germany where the country’s gourmet guide is launched, DINZ organised the promotion of New Zealand Venison (Neuseelandhirsch).

“Among many other promotional activities, we have also been engaging with journalists and bloggers around Germany hosting a number of private dinners where they can spend time with prestigious chefs who are supporters of New Zealand venison,” he says.

The deer industry was largely founded on demand from the northern European game season and until recent years it has been the main focus of New Zealand’s venison exports. However, reliance on a single, highly seasonal market was a risk for the industry that venison marketers have worked hard to address.

Taylor says the diversification of markets, a key strategy, saw the United States two years ago become the largest year-round market for chilled cuts. In the same period the US also became a major market for manufacturing grade venison.

“Within Europe, the industry continues to build a preference for NZ farm-raised venison over venison from other suppliers. In recent years, because of growing consumer and chef demand for local produce the challenge of selling products from the other side of the world has become greater. DINZ and venison marketers stress the high standards of food safety and great eating quality which allows the NZ provenance to get cut-through,” he says.

Another, more challenging, ambition has been to build European demand for NZ venison outside the game season. Making this happen has been a key part of the deer industry’s Primary Growth Partnership programme, Passion2Profit.

“Because eating venison in summer is a novel concept for European chefs and consumers, we have promoted summer sales under the banner of Cervena™, an appellation that was new to Europe,” Taylor says.

“This means some leading food service outlets are promoting Cervena in summer and NZ venison in winter. There’s a clear differentiation.”

The summer Cervena programme began four years ago in the Netherlands and Belgium and two years ago was extended to Germany. Sales quickly built to 90 tonnes, worth nearly $3 million, and are likely to grow only slowly from those levels while venison production remains at its current 20 year low. Three of the five venison marketers are actively involved, but all share marketing insights and information with each other and DINZ, as part of Passion2Profit.

“We are building a strong understanding of what works in the summer market, so we can scale up when supply increases,” says Taylor.

“While German culinary traditions are firmly held, we working with a select group of innovative chefs who are looking to differentiate their menus and meet the needs of more adventurous diners.”

Taylor notes that the 2018 northern summer presented challenges for marketers with consumers eating less meat because of high summer temperatures.

“However, what is great is that participating venison companies remain committed to supporting the summer Cervena programme next year.”

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Wednesday, 14 November 2018 07:50

New Zealand could be forced to pick a side between US and China'

New Zealand could be forced to pick a side between US and China'

The US-China trade conflict is developing into a ‘cold’ war for global economic supremacy and could result in New Zealand being forced to pick a side between the two global superpowers, according to Rabobank’s Head of Financial Markets research for Asia-Pacific Michael Every reported in FreshPlaza.

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Friday, 09 November 2018 10:01

Strengthening regional trade and security at East Asia Summit and APEC

Strengthening regional trade and security at East Asia Summit and APEC

Strengthening and extending our trading relationships and discussing the critical security issues in our region will be priorities for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern when she attends the annual East Asia Summit and APEC leaders meeting next week.

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Friday, 09 November 2018 09:51

New Zealand opens embassy in Stockholm

New Zealand opens embassy in Stockholm

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters formally opened New Zealand’s new embassy in Stockholm today.

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Friday, 09 November 2018 09:03

CPTPP trade deal opens doors for NZ exporters

CPTPP trade deal opens doors for NZ exporters

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will come into force on the 30th December.

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Monday, 05 November 2018 15:04

Trade deal fantastic for horticulture

Trade deal fantastic for horticulture

Largely unnoticed by media last week was the announcement that the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will take effect from 30 December this year.

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Saturday, 27 October 2018 15:19

Velvet prospects sound

A New Origin café in Seoul, South Korea Branded health foods based on NZ velvet have transformed the Korean market. Creating a similar product category in China is a priority for the deer industry.

The velvet market during the 2018-19 season is expected to be reasonably stable, with consumption in Asia increasing in line with production growth in New Zealand.

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Monday, 15 October 2018 09:46

Moving South Korea’s image of NZ into modern era

Phillip Turner, New Zealand's ambassador to South Korea, says the fascinating developments in the country are what drew him back into diplomacy. Photo: Sam Sachdeva.

New Zealand's ties with South Korea stretch back over 50 years; diplomatic relations were formally established in 1962, but the relationship dates back to the deployment of Kiwi troops during the Korean War eports Sam Sadcheva for Newsroom.

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Monday, 08 October 2018 09:38

Statement from New Zealand Trade and Enterprise

Statement from New Zealand Trade and Enterprise

Water-bottling industry – statement from New Zealand Trade and Enterprise

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Palace of the Alhambra Spain

Palace of the Alhambra, Spain

By: Charles Nathaniel Worsley (1862-1923)

From the collection of Sir Heaton Rhodes

Oil on canvas - 118cm x 162cm

Valued $12,000 - $18,000

Offers invited over $9,000

Contact:  Henry Newrick – (+64 ) 27 471 2242

Henry@HeritageArtNZ.com

 

Mount Egmont with Lake

Mount Egmont with Lake 

By: John Philemon Backhouse (1845-1908)

Oil on Sea Shell - 13cm x 14cm

Valued $2,000-$3,000

Offers invited over $1,500

Contact:  Henry Newrick – (+64 ) 27 471 2242

Henry@HeritageArtNZ.com

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