Food
Critter of the Week - the Inanga
Critter Of The Week is when we meet some of the least attractive threatened species. Nicola Toki is DoC's Threatened Species Ambassador and this week she's talking about Inanga.
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Cooking Kangaroo with Kelli Brett
Marsupial meat is on the menu today, we're cooking Kangaroo with Kelli Brett. The Australian foodie has crossed the ditch to edit Cuisine Magazine. A recent project has been editing a book - called… Audio
A floating food forest
A floating food forest sounds like the stuff of fantasy... But New Yorkers will soon be able to wander aboard an 80 foot food barge when it docks along the city's rivers, to harvest blueberries, chard… Audio, Gallery
New start-up promises post-party cleaning
A new Auckland start-up, Morning After Maids, promises a post-party clean-up service for those feeling under the weather - with a special breakfast add-on. Audio
New political support for campaign over bad hospital food
Invercargill's mayor and deputy have both thrown their support into the coalition fighting to dump Compass meals at Southern District Health board hospitals. Tim Shadbolt and deputy Darren Ludlow are… Audio, Gallery
Anarchist cook George Egg
Recipes for laughter to tickle the tastebuds with anarchist cook George Egg Video, Audio, Gallery
Demand for low-alchohol beer due to tighter drink-driving rules
New Zealand craft brewers have taken on the tricky task of making light alcohol beer tasty. Audio
This Way Up for 30 April 2016, Part 2
Drone buyer's guide; tech news: chatbots, PledgeMe, and Spark's Lightbox offer; and science: new contraceptives and genes that make you look older. Audio
Gene-edited foods
The US Department of Agriculture has just opened the way for the first food to be produced using the gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas9. Meanwhile, gene editing is leaving the lab with a growing band… Audio
Corey Bradshaw: Population Limits
Jim Mora talks to the Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Adelaide, whose research interests include population dynamics, extinction… Audio
Wine with Maciej Zimney
Sommelier of the year Maciej Zimney explores some wines with a mediterranean character. Audio
Food with Annabelle Langbein
Annabel Langbein shares her Busy People's Bread recipe. Audio
Rally calling for new hospital meal contract in Dunedin
Dunedin residents will rally outside Dunedin Hospital tomorrow over ongoing concerns about the DHB's meal contract with the Compass Group. Peter Newport reports. Audio
Call for regulations on unhealthy food near schools
Pressure is growing for tougher rules on neighbourhood dairies and fast food outlets following a study which showed most schools are less than a kilometre from unhealthy food shops. Audio
Designing healthier low-cost bread
How can we make healthier low-cost bread? A team at the University of Otago, in Wellington, has studied bread design from the perspective of reducing the risk of heart disease, while keeping… Audio
Call for ban on cartoon mascots for unhealthy food
Auckland health authorities have called for changes to advertising regulations to ban child-friendly mascots on unhealthy food - which may mean bidding farewell to Cookie Bear. Audio
Vanilla grower Jennifer Boggiss
Tauranga based co- founder of Heilalala Vanilla, Jennifer Boggiss, talks to Kathryn about producing the delicate flavouring derived from the orchids of the vanilla flower. Audio, Gallery