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Woolworths Butcher Closures

2 items · 2 aliases · peaked week of 5 Apr 2026 · first seen 10 May 2026

The podcast discusses controversies surrounding Melania Trump's press conference denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Woolworths' expansion of pre-packed meat trials leading to butcher job losses, and the underwhelming nature of Auckland's new city deal, while also touching on local,

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  • like serious question does anybody go and buy that because the only i mean lord just i don't even realize that these people weren't in my supermarket anymore but the last time i was buying anything like that you know you'd go and buy the fancy stuff wouldn't you you'd buy like a like a t-bone or something i don't know i don't even know what you buy what would you buy you'd buy something with already some like garlicky butter thing that's sitting on the top of it no but you you don't buy no one buys their meat from that do they like if you're gonna go and buy your meat your meat proper meat you're not going to buy it from the supermarket you can go down to your local butcher's aren't you so you can actually have like proper meat anyway let me know if I'm wrong with this 9292 um cute wee thing has emerged I was wondering if this was going to happen so I don't know if you're aware of in Auckland at the moment there is a play it actually just opened this week it opened on Tuesday night It's called Helen Clark and Six Outfits and it's basically the story of Helen Clark in government and Jennifer Ward-Lealand who's you know obviously an amazing actor stage actor in this country she sort of plays the latter years of Clark blah blah blah anyway so it's going to if Jennifer Ward-Lealand is involved in it you know it's going to be a brilliant play anyway I was wondering if Aunty Helen would turn up and have a have a bit of a crack at her own play and she did she was there she made a surprise appearance on opening night after the play. After the play she turned up on the stage so that I think that's me because the reason I'd wondered about it was I thought if somebody done a play about you would you rather just not know what crap they're saying on stage about you or would you like to be there and sort of Watch them absolutely butcher your own story. She went for the latter, which I think is lovely and brave. Quarter past.
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hdpa-drive Government / N-A

economic displacement and job insecurity

Full Show Podcast: 10 April 2026
10 Apr
hdpa-drive Government / N-A

workers facing displacement and insecurity

Rudd Hughes: Workers First Union national secretary on Woolworths axing South Island butchers
10 Apr
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