Explainer: Why is butter from America cheaper than NZ butter?

We came in this morning to a text machine full of with messages about the American butter that's in some of our supermarkets. Most of them echoed Susie's thoughts who asked: 'Why on earth are we importing butter when we are supposed to be the best producers?' We've got another question, despite coming all the way from the USA, a 500g block is up to $1 less than the cheapest locally produced brand, and we want to know how? To discuss Jesse is joined by NZX Head of Dairy Insights Cristina Alvarado.

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Explainer: Why is butter from America cheaper than NZ butter? is an episode from Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan by RNZ.

This episode is 00:10:06 long.

This episode was published on May 4, 2026.

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