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NZ Herald
22-06-2025
- Business
- NZ Herald
Small Business: A royal new venture with King Bees Honey
Cate and Mike King, founders of King Bees Honey, used to supply to the big brands like Comvita but now they've launched their own honey brand. Cate and Mike King, founders of King Bees Honey, talk to Tom Raynel about the switch from supplying to manufacturing, and the challenges working in the honey industry. Each Monday, we interview a small business owner, which is now a regular feature of NZME's editorial campaign On The Up, showcasing
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Yahoo
CPSO juvenile detective shares complexities of fighting human trafficking
CADDO PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – As the the 2025 South Central U.S. Human Trafficking conference gets underway at LSU Shreveport, a Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office juvenile detective is sharing his experience in investigating the multi-layered, multi-faceted crime. More Shreveport News 'A lot of times these victims actually, I guess in a sense, look at the offender as a type of savior,' said CPSO Youth Services Detective Sergeant Mike King. Sergeant King says the crime of human trafficking doesn't often start violently, it begins innocently. 'We don't have a lot of cases where it's this white van kidnapping people in the parking lot,' said Sergeant King. 'It's normally predators that get online and talk to young people and win them over.' According to King, the cases the Caddo Parish Sheriff's office has investigated often involve one victim and one offender. He says in most cases the offender talks the teen into leaving home and coming to see them. 'Maybe they're saying that the parents at home are not treating them right. Or they're upset at the parents or the family at home. And this person again, has won them over. Told them a lot of what they wanted to hear,' said King. ''Hey it'll be better if you come here.' And they get them to leave a safe place to go to an unknown place.' He says that's when the trafficking starts, whether sexual, being forced into work, or into committing crimes. 'And a lot of these offenders in a lot of these cases, like I said, it's not just trafficking. It can be any type of sexual abuse or sexual assaults, they start off as normal. A nice person. Whether it's a nice guy or a nice female, whatever the case may be. It's a nice person and they try to win the person over,' said King. 'And before you know it they get in too deep. And it's harder for them to get out.' King says he knows the kids need the help and it's why the sheriff's office pursue the cases so aggressively. 'If you make a mistake, a mistake that you learn a lesson from is good versus getting in too deep with the mistake,' he said. With two major interstates, I-20 and I-49, running through Caddo Parish, King says the area is ripe for human trafficking. While the sheriff's office handles the criminal side he feels the groups providing victim care are equally as important. 'There's a lot of different groups that provide long-term care. Help unite victim's with families. And provide other services for families so, it helps keep us all in one group and work as a large unit,' he said. 'Even if home is not here that we find some type of help for that victim to make sure that that victim doesn't feel like they're alone.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
27-01-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Sussex Uni gives 1,000 students free breakfasts to ease exam stress
A university gave away 1,000 free breakfasts to students to help them during the assessment period. The free breakfasts were given out between January 7 and January 15 to students who showed their ID cards at Eat Central. The breakfast bowls were made up of a yoghurt or chia pudding base, topped with granola, fruit, seeds, sauce, and acai sorbet. (Image: University of Sussex) The bowls were designed to cater to a range of dietary preferences. The initiative was a success, with 1,000 students taking advantage of the offer, and the bowls "selling out" within seven days. The most popular day was Friday, January 12, when 209 bowls were given out. Sasha Wilson, a psychology undergraduate student, said: "Thank you for these free breakfast bowls. "Great idea to plan around our exams when we don't have enough time to prepare a nutritious breakfast in the morning. "My breakfast bowl was really tasty and a good way to start the day." Executive chef Mike King said: "We are delighted to have provided 1,000 free breakfasts to students taking their exams. "It's one less thing for them to worry about during this stressful and important time. "By offering a healthy, hassle-free meal to start their day, we hope to have supported them in performing their best. "This initiative has brought great pride to our team." Senior catering services manager Liz De Cort said: "I'm so pleased our catering team were able to support the exam period with 1,000 free breakfasts which hit the mark with our students." The university has encouraged students to follow the foodie adventures of Sussex Uni Food on Instagram to keep up to date with all things catering at Sussex.
