Food
Company contracted by Compass to provide lunches goes into liquidation
A company, Labelle Group, contacted by Compass to provide school lunches has been put into liquidation on Tuesday morning. Education correspondent John Gerritsen spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio
School lunch failures: Provider told to show daily visual evidence of quality
A menu of mishaps means the government's school lunch provider is now facing new performance measures - including providing daily evidence of what it is serving up. Audio
An offering at Ramadan
Ramadan is being marked by Muslims around the world by with a month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and time spent with community. Audio
The story behind the Hawke's Bay meatball
Unlike its celebrated sibling, the cheese roll, the Hawke's Bay meatball has remained a local treat.
What's the difference between wholemeal and wholegrain bread?
Analysis - Here's what we know and what this means for shoppers in Australia and New Zealand.
Fruit and Vege Report with Tony Teau
Summer fruit is finishing - so GET IN WHILE YOU CAN says associate Minister of Fruit and Veggies Tony Teau Audio
Meet hing, your low-cost garlic alternative
With garlic setting you back $4 a bulb, this spice can be found at your Indian grocer for a fraction of the price.
The kitchen that's open 20 hours a day this month
Chef Chris Waghorn is up at 2am at Auckland's Māngere Refugee Centre, and he'll likely still be in the kitchen for another 12 hours or so every day during March.
How to clean your air fryer without scrubbing
How do the experts remove sticky chicken from the basket... and why do you have to?
Mr Meatballs - Michael Dearth
The 13th Hawkes Bay Food and Wine Classic festival is set to get stomachs rumbling with the inaugural Hastings Meatball Festival. Audio
Food: Caramelised Onion & Cheddar burgers
Gretchen Lowe divulges her husband Blair's take on the Oklahoma burger, where he cooks beef patties piled high with onions, which has become something of a family weekend tradition. Audio
The regulars helping keep New Zealand's fine dining restaurants afloat
That includes a Christchurch fine dining restaurant where the eight-course menu and wine pairing is over $400 per head. Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Friday 7 March 2025
On today's episode, Health Minister Simeon Brown has come under criticism for ditching a bowel screening programme for Maori and Pasifika that started at age 50, a school lunch so hot it gave a… Audio
Principal on school lunch that gave student second degree burns
A school lunch so hot it gave a Gisborne student second degree burns has resulted in a widened food safety investigation into lunch provider Compass. Ilminster Intermediate School principal Jonathan… Audio
Gisborne student receives burn from school lunch programme
New Zealand Food Safety is widening its investigation into how a Gisborne student was burned by a hot school lunch. Haeata Community Campus in Christchurch principal Peggy Burrows spoke to Ingrid… Audio
