Mighty Meats butcher Cory Orlowski has once again been voluntarily processing tonnes of venison into the small hours of the morning for Deer to Care. It had been a team effort of the Deer to Care co-founders Stuart O’Neill, Tim Cook and Wesley Baratcart to help others. ‘‘We started off as a group of mates looking to hand over excess deer to charities in Southland.’’A record 615 deer had been processed in the past year and charities as far as North Otago had reaped the benefits. Mighty Meats Butchery owner Cory Orlowski frequently volunteered into the small hours, processing donated venison into 500g tubes of mince meat, Mr O’Neill said. The Mataura Butcher had now also joined the meat processing team.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 05, 2026 06:08 UTC