Food
Craft beer businesses feeling the squeeze with high-brewing costs
Good beer is getting harder to make, Beer enthusiast magazine Pursuit of Hoppiness editor Michael Donaldson says.
How much is too much for a good beer?: Craft brewers struggle with rising costs
Aotearoa's craft beer industry is hoping for a profitable summer as it continues to wrestle with high brewing costs. A fourth craft beer business has hit major financial trouble this week as importer… Audio
Christmas on budget and without stress, a Chef's guide
Mel Alafaci is known as the Happy Chef has just released a book on the best way to have a quick, easy and most importantly cost effective Christmas. Audio
Your 12 favourite recipes of 2023
Here are the 12 recipes that most tickled the taste buds in 2023.
NZ Food safety warns to handle chicken with care
As Christmas dinner plans draw closer, NZ Food Safety is warning people to handle raw chicken with care.
The Ministry for Primary Industries advises home cooks to avoid washing raw chicken, keep… Audio
Starting small - aiming high, AUT to grow its own food
What started as a way to replant native trees on a budget has grown into an impressive array of biodiversity projects at AUT's campus on Auckland's North Shore. AUT groundsman, Niven Winder speaks to… Audio
Midday Rural News for 5 December 2023
Palm kernel expeller, or PKE, is imported here from Indonesia and Malaysia to be used as supplementary feed on dairy farms.
The use of P-K-E has come under scrutiny in recent years due to its links… Audio
The mysterious curry cabal
Have you heard of the Auckland Curry Movement? They're a shadowy cabal of curry connoisseurs with zero online presence... Except every year they give out their "Best Indian Restaurant award" - along… Audio
Midday Rural News for 4 December 2023
National's Todd McClay is meeting with industry leaders and officials this week to fine tune policies and to plan how they'll be rolled out.
Monique Steele has the rural news. Audio
Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
To the fresh produce markets now - our Minister of Fruit and Veggies is Glenn Forsyth. Audio
New Zealand signs up to COP28 food declaration
New Zealand has signed an international agreement saying agriculture and food production must urgently adapt to respond to climate change.
Sam and Ellie Studd: How to love cheese
Brother and sister duo Sam and Ellie Studd's new book The Best Things In Life Are Cheese, aims to help us understand and appreciate cheese in all its many forms. They're about as close to cheese… Audio
Moroccan quinoa salad and sourdough stuffing recipes
Today Kelly Gibney shares two amazing recipes from her latest cook book Enjoy: Food worth sharing with the people you love. Audio
Midday Rural News for 1 December 2023
From May next year China will stop accepting frozen velvet imports bound for its traditional medicinal market - deciding to use dried velvet only.
Sally Murphy has the rural news. Audio
Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
One week in to the new Government, the least controversial member of the executive is our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth. Audio
Midday Rural News for 30 November 2023
Far North Solar Farm wants to install enough solar panels to power a hundred thousand homes on 670 hectares of land that's currently used for dairy farming.
Sally Murphy has the rural news.
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