Begin the Countdown – Australians, tell us your view of the NZ Countdown Boycott. It doesn’t add up

Dear readers in Australia, tell us about the Australian view of the Countdown Boycott in NZ. Here’s our take on it from an international prospective https://e2nz.org/2014/02/14/begin-the-countdown/. Frankly we think it is ridiculous and is bringing NZ into disrepute with its international trading partners. From where we’re sitting the boycott looks to be more damaging to…

Begin the Countdown – Xenophobic Intent Revealed: ‘Let’s Bash Immigrants Too’ – updated

We’re getting comments that two Australian supermarkets are supporting their country’s ‘Buy Australian’ campaign by opting to use solely Australian producers for their own label products. There’s nothing wrong with supporting local producers and it does reduce food miles, which is a far more sustainable way of doing business in this carbon conscious era. So…

Kiwi Dad Gets Around

Hat tip to  @pauljacobs4real  on Twitter who spotted the same actor playing Dad in the supermarket adverts for Countdown NZ and Woolworths Australia. This is a screen shot from “Meet the Colemans” video from Countdown NZ. Here the actor is playing the part of Rob, he’s  married to Nikki and they  have children called Jess, Wills…

Northland Supermarket Held Up At Gunpoint

New Zealand’s reputation as a safe place to live has taken another knock with the news that a Whangarei supermarket (above) was held up by a man with a shotgun on Monday night. Not the sort of thing you’d expect to happen when you’re queuing up in your slippers to pay for your daily milk…