Food
Cooking classes helping turn down the heat on cost of living
A Taranaki food bank is rustling up savings and nutritious grub at a series of popular cooking classes.
Cooking classes prove popular at a Taranaki food bank
A Taranaki food bank is rustling up savings and nutritious grub at a series of popular cooking classes.
The Waitara Pataka Kai's nine-week pilot programme is catering for 16 people - most from family… Audio
The Panel with Jack Yan and Alison Mau (Part 1)
Today on The Panel Wallace and panellists Jack Yan and Alison Mau discuss big food companies, the growing trend of kids leaving school early and whether or not blazers and ties as school uniforms are… Audio
Is there any nutritional value to the carnivore diet?
Niki Bezzant heads down a protein-rich rabbit hole to investigate the carnivore or 'lion diet' much beloved of Mikhaila Peterson, daughter of controversial psychologist Jordan Peterson.
Cost of food thrown away soars to $3.2 billion a year
Increasing cost food meant the overall value of food being put in the bin rose to $3.2 billion a year, a survey suggests.
Midday Rural News for 27 September 2023
The value of what we're throwing out has risen to $3.2 billion - due to higher food costs.
Susan Murray has the rural news. Audio
Angie Morris: Former police diver turned Motueka restaurateur
T.O.A.D Hall is arguably the jewel in Motueka's crown. What started off as a fruit and veggie shop on the town's main street has been transformed over the past decade into an organic farm-to-table… Audio
Waipapa vege growers sell cut-price kumara to Northland families
A trio of Northland brothers is on a mission to keep fruit and vege affordable for local families battling the cost of living crisis. Audio
Chef who cooked for thousands during cyclones hangs up apron - for now
A former chef who has cooked around 170-thousand meals for cyclone-affected families and volunteers in Hawke's Bay will soon hang up her apron for a well deserved break. Neela Neela has been feeding… Audio
Trio of brothers on a mission to keep fruit and veges affordable
A trio of Northland brothers is on a mission to keep fruit and vege affordable for local families battling the cost of living crisis. Kumara is cracking more than $13 per kg in some bigger stores. But… Video, Audio
Letting go of beloved Alison Holst's Kitchen Diary collection
It's always a dilemma when you're moving house to decide what to keep and what to let go. Many people find books and magazine collections particularly hard, especially when those magazine collections… Audio
Midday Rural News for 26 September 2023
The New Zealand wool flooring manufacturer Bremworth is hoping to boost confidence in the wool sector by offering ten-year contracts for farmer suppliers.
Susan Murray has the rural news. Audio
Food industry fighting proposed junk food marketing rules
Advertising of junk food is a "major contributor" to the diseases sending New Zealanders to an early grave, the Ministry of Health says.
Midday Rural News for 25 September 2023
Rainfall watches are in place through to this evening and totals over the past 24 hours are ranging from 70 to 150 millimetres in Bay of Plenty and 300 millimetres north of Gisborne.
Susan Murray has… Audio
Kai Cycle: Growing Kai in urban spaces
A group of Wellingtonians are striving to save food from landfill. The composting initiative, Kaicycle, takes compostable scraps from homes and offices and recycles them into living compost. The… Audio
Junk food advertising sending NZers to an early grave says Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health wants action against junk food advertising, which it says is helping send some New Zealanders to an early grave.
Documents obtained under the Official Information Act show… Audio
