OpinionOpinion byGlenn DwightStudio creative director and occasional writer ·The Country·6 Jun, 2026 05:05 PM6 mins to readGlenn Dwight is the studio creative director – regional at NZME and an occasional writer for The Country.The mighty mince and cheese pie is a Kiwi culinary staple. Photo / 123rf
Winter has officially settled in around New Zealand, which means frost on the paddocks, your formal footwear suddenly becomes socks and jandals, and at least one bloke in every smoko room starts describing the weather as “cold enough to freeze the nuts off a brass monkey”, despite nobody owning a







