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An Otatara man thought to be New Zealand's longest-serving meat worker retired this month after 64 years in the industry.
Ken McLeod, 80, started in 1962 when he was only 16 at the now-closed Makarewa Meatworks in Southland.
"I was mostly a boner in all those years, and thanks to the Meat Workers Union we got very good money," he told Morning Report on Friday.
"The money set me up for life and did everything else, and I've travelled a lot.
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