New Zealand lamb trade began 125 years ago

Wellington - New Zealand honoured its sheep with National Lamb Day on Thursday, the 125th anniversary of the first shipment of frozen meat sent across the world to Britain. 'It was a tectonic shift in our history that radically changed our economy and society,' Otago University professor Tom Brooking told Radio New Zealand. A fledgling British colony in 1882, New Zealand was struggling for economic survival when the SS Dunedin left the South Island's Port Chalmers with the first refrigerated cargo of lamb. The sailing ship survived a fire which burned the rigging in the tropics and arrived in London with its cargo in good condition on May 24. It launched an export trade which now exports more than 740,000 tonnes of meat worth 5.5 billion New Zealand dollars (about 3.8 billion US dollars) annually. The Dunedin also carried trial shipments of butter and cheese, paving the way for New Zealand's development into the world's biggest single exporter of dairy products. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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