Lately for Thursday 10 June 2021

10:20 Good news for Bluff Oyster industry

There's finally some good news for Foveaux Strait after a month of anxious worry for the oyster industry - sampling work in Foveaux Strait hasn't uncovered any further cases of the deadly oyster parasite, Bonamia ostreae. In March, three wild oysters were found to be infected with the parasite. Biosecurity New Zealand has been searching for evidence of a wider spread of the parasite since then, and the news is good. David Skeggs is the managing director of Skeggs Bluff Oysters and a director of the Bluff Oyster Management Company.

 

10:30 Skifields call out for skilled overseas staff

South Island skifields are trying to convince the Government to help them bring in specialist workers from overseas such as groomer operators as border restrictions continue to halt the flow of international workers. The companies operating Cardona and Treble Cone ski fields have between them been allowed to bring in three international groomer operators and 14 ski and snowboard instructors, but NZSki, which operates some of the South Islands most popular skifields hasn't been able to bring in any yet. The chief executive of NZSki, Paul Anderson explains what's needed.

 

10:45 The Rest is History: NZ's first McDonalds store opens

This week in 1976 the first McDonald's store opened, in Porirua north of Wellington.

Back then you coudl get a Big Mac for 75 cents and a hamburger for 30 cents.

On The Rest is History tonight Karyn looks back at that event with the man who ran the first mcDonald's stores in Porirua and then Queen Street, Ray Stonelake.