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Lamb is taking centre stage on most Christmas tables around New Zealand this year, according to an online survey from Retail Meat NZ.
But it comes at a cost.
The average retail price of roasting lamb and hogget shot up to a record high in 2025, with Stats NZ's most recent figures from October at $23.79 a kilogram.
In December 2023 it was $12.99 a kilogram.
Photo: Supplied / Stats NZ
Beef & Lamb NZ Ltd chief executive Kit Arkwright acknowledged rising prices would be putting pressure on many families.
"The messag
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