by
Peter Parker, General Manager, Milling and Grain Oceania, New Zealand
At the time of writing this article over 200 countries and territories around
the world are being affected by COVID-19. While we are all fighting the same
virus, each country is faced with its own unique challenges and opportunities.
New Zealand is an island nation of just five million people, with thousands of
kilometres of ocean isolating us from the nearest neighbouring countries. These
attributes have allowed New Zealand the fortunate opportunity to not only
‘flatten the curve’ but to potentially squash out COVID-19 entirely.
With the assistance of Paul Fahy, Manufacturing Manager of Champion Flour Milling Ltd and Chairman of New Zealand Flour Milling Association (NZFMA), this article is going to explore the steps taken as a nation to get to the stage whereby, on April 27th, we can safely begin to relax our lockdown restrictions, as well as the inspiring story of how the domestic flour industry has managed to keep Kiwis (New Zealanders) stocked with the essential ingredient of flour.
The New Zealand Flour Milling Association (NZFMA) comprises of four flour milling organisations with mills located on both the North and South Islands, Champion Flour Milling Ltd (three mills), Mauri ANZ (three mills), NZ Flour Mills Ltd, and Farmers Mill. The New Zealand Flour Milling industry was de-regulated in 1987 with New Zealand continuing to operate in a free market trade relationship with countries.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her government have received global praise in the past year, for the fast law reform to ban semi-automatic weapons in response to the Christchurch mosque terrorist attack, the volcanic eruption of White Island, and now the relatively successful response to COVID-19. Prime Minister Ardern’s strategy for COVID-19 from the outset has been to respond hard and early with an emphasis on testing, restricting the physical interaction and movement of people, and transparency of information.
On February 3rd restrictions were put in place banning foreign nationals who had travelled through or from mainland China, and all people entering the country had to self-isolate for two weeks. On February 28th, New Zealand reported its first case of COVID-19, from overseas travel. A few days after two suspected cases of community transmission the country moved into alert level 4, and the entire nation goes into self-isolation.
Read more HERE.
With the assistance of Paul Fahy, Manufacturing Manager of Champion Flour Milling Ltd and Chairman of New Zealand Flour Milling Association (NZFMA), this article is going to explore the steps taken as a nation to get to the stage whereby, on April 27th, we can safely begin to relax our lockdown restrictions, as well as the inspiring story of how the domestic flour industry has managed to keep Kiwis (New Zealanders) stocked with the essential ingredient of flour.
The New Zealand Flour Milling Association (NZFMA) comprises of four flour milling organisations with mills located on both the North and South Islands, Champion Flour Milling Ltd (three mills), Mauri ANZ (three mills), NZ Flour Mills Ltd, and Farmers Mill. The New Zealand Flour Milling industry was de-regulated in 1987 with New Zealand continuing to operate in a free market trade relationship with countries.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her government have received global praise in the past year, for the fast law reform to ban semi-automatic weapons in response to the Christchurch mosque terrorist attack, the volcanic eruption of White Island, and now the relatively successful response to COVID-19. Prime Minister Ardern’s strategy for COVID-19 from the outset has been to respond hard and early with an emphasis on testing, restricting the physical interaction and movement of people, and transparency of information.
On February 3rd restrictions were put in place banning foreign nationals who had travelled through or from mainland China, and all people entering the country had to self-isolate for two weeks. On February 28th, New Zealand reported its first case of COVID-19, from overseas travel. A few days after two suspected cases of community transmission the country moved into alert level 4, and the entire nation goes into self-isolation.
Read more HERE.
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