Food
A forager's guide to mushroom season
With the arrival of March, the nights are getting colder and the mornings are getting rainier: the perfect breeding ground for mushrooms. Audio
Midday Rural News for 7 March 2024
Despite sales of New Zealand-made infant formula remaining strong to our main market of China - producers are being warned against relying on just one market.
Monique Steele has the rural news. Audio
'Sensible' for infant formula producers to look beyond China for sales
The advice comes as China increases its own domestic dairy production and birth rates remain low.
Reasoning behind cutting free lunches - Jan Tinetti
To politics now and the coalition government is looking at cutting the free lunches in schools programme by up to 50 percent. The government said Labour did not set aside enough money to fund the… Audio
Heading Off: The Crispy Couple
When Kiwi Daniella Elwood met her Irish partner Sean Ohare at a crossfit gym in Wellington, the pair dated for two months before heading off around the world together. Both were experienced solo… Audio
The future of food - a Silicon Valley perspective
What does the future of food look like? What will we be eating in the future? Quinault Childs is research director in the Food Futures Lab at the Silicon Valley based Institute for the Future. His… Audio
Midday Rural News for 6 March 2024
International attention is honing in on forestry practices over on the East Coast, with promises audits around harvest practices will improve.
Monique Steele has the rural news. Audio
Midday Rural News for 5 March 2024
Orchardists in China have been illegally growing Zespri's SunGold fruit - and now they're using counterfeit Zespri packaging.
Monique Steele has the rural news. Audio
Beloved Dunedin dairy up for sale
Known among the student population for its enormous ice creams, Rob Roy Dairy's owner Liz Watson is hanging up her scoop after 16 years. Audio
Midday Rural News for 4 March 2024
Trade Minister Todd McClay is investigating a possible trade agreement between New Zealand and the UAE, after meeting with his counterpart in Abu Dhabi last week.
Susan Murray has the rural news. Audio
School principal concerned over review into government funded school lunches
Confirmation that the government-funded lunch programme is under review has sparked serious concern from health charities and school principals.
Associate Education Minister David Seymour says 10,000… Audio
NZ samples added to shelves of remote global seed vault
Pasture seeds from New Zealand have just arrived in a doomsday mountain vault in Norway - safeguarding their survival into the future.
Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
To the produce markets now - our Minister of all things fresh and producey is Glenn Forsyth. Audio
Halloumi cheese recalled over bacteria
New Zealand Food Safety is recalling Zany Zeus brand halloumi cheese after a bacteria was discovered.
Arts and sports events boost restaurant bookings by a third in Wellington
Restaurants and cafes say bookings are up at least 30 percent thanks to the huge number of events on in the capital.
Fancy a tipple? New Zealand's first locally-made absinthe
Known for its vivid green colour and incredibly strong alcohol percentage, Hastings Distillers are trying to save absinthe's reputation. Audio