Food
Food standards stop Tokoroa Hospital meals
Tokoroa Hospital has stopped giving away leftovers because the freezing process isn't meeting food safety standards. Community workers fear the needy in the community will go hungry. Audio
The Healthy Food Guide Awards: winners and losers
What are the healthiest foods at the supermarket? Nikki Bezzant talks us through the products that really deliver on nutrition and some others with only a 'health halo'. Audio
Tourism offers chance to wine producers
Wine companies -- big and small -- are being told to chase the lucrative tourism dollar for growth. Audio
Annabel Langbein’s tips for avoiding Christmas panic
Annabel Langbein’s latest cookbook Essential (her biggest yet) includes recipes for roast turkey, roast chicken and glazed ham. She gives some advice on how to rustle up a last-minute Christmas feast.
…Cecilia Robinson - changing the way we eat
Cecilia Robinson is one of the founders of My Food Bag. The food delivery service launched in 2013 and now delivers more than one million meals a month, to 50,000 customers. This year she was named… Audio
Can microbes help us grow more food?
Naturally occurring microbes living on plants can be used to boost the yield, nutrition and even taste of corn, soybeans, rice and tomatoes. This Way Up visits a biotech startup manipulating microbes… Audio
Barbara J King - Personalities on the Plate
Barbara J. King is emerita professor of anthropology at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and a freelance science writer. King is a frequent guest on national and… Audio
Wine with Joelle Thomson
Joelle suggests the perfect sparkling wines for Christmas. Audio
Food with Nadia Lim
Nadia Lim shares a recipe for Slow Roasted Lamb with secret salsa verde. Audio
Pumpkin, kumara prices hit record highs
Pumpkin prices are the highest they've been since Statistics New Zealand started monitoring them in 1993. It's averaging $5.78 a kilo - 176 percent higher than a year ago. Kumara has also nearly… Audio
Christmas dinner
As we get closer to Christmas and all it entails, the panellists tell us their plans for the season, and what they plan to eat on the big day. Audio
Jackie Clarke: no more tinned tomatoes!
The women's refuge charity, The Aunties, is fed up with receiving tinned tomatoes. Audio
Minister says KidsCan funding a process, not a guarantee
The Minister for Children Tracey Martin said KidsCan always had time-limited funding which is up for assessment. Audio
Fleur's Place: a Moeraki institution
Chef Fleur Sullivan first moved to Moeraki on the Otago Coast for a peaceful seaside retirement, but 17 years on, her award-winning restaurant Fleur's Place is going from strength to strength. Audio, Gallery
Christchurch escapes water restrictions, for now
Christchurch residents used half a billion litres of water at the weekend - the most water used in a weekend since 2009, but the region is expecting rain and cooler temperatures tomorrow. Video, Audio
KFC rosters manipulated to withhold days in lieu - former managers
Former managers at fast food chain KFC say they were told to manipulate rosters in the lead up to public holidays so the company could avoid giving staff a day in lieu.
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Christmas pud reborn Kiwi-style
Don't be intimidated by Christmas pudding – you can whip one up in the crock pot on the day, says Michelle Matthews from Kitchen Six in Napier. Audio
Wine for summer BBQ's
Yvonne Lorkin has some suggestions for wine to have with summer BBQ's. Audio
Making jams and marmalades
It's looking like there's going to be bumper crops of summer fruits this year thanks to the very warm start to summer .. which is great for jam and marmalade makers! We're joined in the studio by… Audio
OLIO: the food sharing app
Many of us have had that moment when you look in the fridge and realise you'll have to chuck out half of what's there... such a waste! British woman Tessa Cook thought so, too. So she created an app… Audio