Metal Float wrote: I rarely buy fish (e.g. Salmon tonight for dinner). My daughter today asked me how much fish cost (per kilo) when I was a child.  Have searched the web and only prices I can find (Stats NZ) was back to 2005.  Does anyone have stats on fish prices before 2005?

I spent early years growing up in Napier. Fourty odd ago the Trawlers would come in tie up in the Iron Pot and sell fresh fish to the gathering public waiting. They would spread fish out and you pick wot you wanted, hand over the money and off you went with fresh fish. Can't remember prices Metal Float but was a great way of buying! No doubt this happened every where, anyone else remember those days?

Snappa Geoff wrote: I spent early years growing up in Napier. Fourty odd ago the Trawlers would come in tie up in the Iron Pot and sell fresh fish to the gathering public waiting.

A sausage at the chip shop was the same price as a piece of fish back in the 60's. I remember having the choice. We ate cheap cuts of meat, never fish, chicken on Xmas day only. I think fish was looked upon as poor mans food and not a real meal maybe. 

cant tell you the price of fish but as an apprentice I got $12.60 per weekin 1968 and a tradesman got $20 per week

Price of fish is so expensive now because we pay export prices.
No need to look any further. Only exception is fresh Hoki in Season.
Hoki is a good ,pure ,omega 3 fish and consumers are glad to buy it. Other than that most cant afford fish.

As PJC said in an earlier post---Pork ,Chicken,mince ,sausages.
That is likely what many buy. High mortgages ,rents,trying to feed a family leaves little option.

Pork and chicken. Both factory farmed,contain antibiotic residues,possibly growth hormones, possibly puss and who knows what else. Same with farmed Salmon. Many are fed with pellets composed of by products from Australian chicken farms according to consumer research.Hate to think what they contain. And even the Salmon colour is there because of added carotene in the food.

No wonder N.Z rates as a leader in many modern diseases and health problems.
People need good food ,rich with good oils ,proteins and  minerals to remain healthy.
But as the add on T.V says we feed the world with our fish. Well how about feeding New Zealanders first.
Economy has replaced society.!

I remember Tony at Posers. A bit after that, 1974. He was there for a longtime.

pompey wrote: I remember Tony at Posers. A bit after that, 1974. He was there for a longtime.

I think his wife was Paula?excelent fish n chip shop hard to fined one today of that standard,tables and chairs sit down meals