Cheese
Cheese with Juliet Harbutt
Juliet will share how she fell into the cheese industry, and calm any concerns you have about a camembert crisis. Audio
Camembert supplies dwindle, but don't get cheesed off
Supplies of genuine camembert cheese from France are dwindling, with just 1 percent of global production considered the real deal.
Professor Catherine Donnelly - A long history of cheese
Professor Catherine Donelly compiled and edited the first-ever Oxford Companion to Cheese. Besides being a cheese fanatic, Donnelly is a 'cheese politics' pundit. Audio
Nothing has changed and govt won't listen, cheesemakers say
Raw milk cheesemaker Biddy Fraser-Davies says she's still losing hundreds of dollars a week because nothing has changed since she went to Parliament to fight for fairer regulations.
Cheeses! It's nearly Christmas
Jean Mansfield is a long-time cheesemaker from Waihi. She talks to Nine to Noon about why cheese makes the perfect festive gift. She has recipes for feta in olive oil with herbs, halloumi cheese… Audio, Gallery
Absolutely divine cream cheese
Recipe by Jean Mansfield
From Nine To Noon on Monday 31 October 2016
Whey-off regulations stink, cheesed-off producers say
Regulations governing raw milk cheeses are ridiculous and unaffordable, cheesemakers have told a parliamentary committee.
Artisan cheesemakers rail at expensive MPI regulations
Artisan cheesemakers are worried a new law could make food safety audits more expensive. They say it could even put them out of business. Audio
Cracker potential for NZ cheese exports
It's time for New Zealand to realise the export potential of its cheese market, a British industry veteran says.
Contamination crisis hits small milk firm hard
Origin Earth is a small specialty cheese and fresh milk factory on the outskirts of Havelock North and the current campylobacter water contamination crisis is costing the business thousands. Audio
Ewe Milk Sheep
Southland is home to one of the largest sheep milking operations in the world. Antara Ag Farms runs approximately 14,000 milking ewes across three properties. All the milk is processed at the Blue… Audio, Gallery
Herds of goats and some cheese- Daniel Jenkins
After traveling through France, and trying a goat's cheese for dessert, Daniel Jenkins was hooked. A few years later the Christchurch quake hit and it gave the family the push to pursue the goat's… Audio
Origin Earth - A Hawkes Bay Boutique Dairy Company
Five and a half years ago a Hawkes Bay couple set up a boutique dairy company, Origin Earth. They collect cow and sheep milk from three very special farmers who pay great attention to their soils and… Audio
Milk for Mozzarella
A herd of horned beasts provides milk for Methven cheese makers. Tucked away on an isolated farm near the foothills of the Southern Alps is the only commercial dairy buffalo herd in the South Island… Audio, Gallery
Food science - Don Otter
Food scientist Don Otter and wife Kirsten have decamped from the Manawatu across the Pacific to Wisconsin, where there is snow and the US presidential primaries. Plus cheese. Lots and lots of cheese. Audio
Secrets to Successful Cheese Making
Jean Mansfield is a long-time cheesemaker who specialises in teaching cheesemaking to beginners. She and her husband Dave run a Jersey-only diary farm just outside Waihi. She's also national judge at… Audio, Gallery
30 minute mozzarella
Recipe by Jean Mansfield
From Nine To Noon on Monday 15 February 2016