Bourbon dry: low spirits in New Zealand as bottle shops run out

Shipping delays and bottlenecks, along with rising popularity of hard liquor, cause shortage, accompanied by dip in chicken nugget stocks

As supply chain pressures and shipping delays are felt around the world, New Zealand is being hit by a nationwide dearth of bourbon, with shortages also hitting the craft beer and chicken nugget markets.

It's a pain all right," said Neil, a worker at the Bottle-O store in Mt Eden. There's a shortage of bourbon at the moment. We can't get anything from out of America, apparently."