Food & Recipes

A Tolaga Bay farming couple are still picking up the pieces after Cyclone Gabrielle. Mike and Bridget Parker say a year on from the cyclone and they're still clearing their land, with little help from… Audio

Predator Free advocates say getting more communities involved in pest eradication efforts will stop the furry vermin making their way into supermarkets.

Food Safety officers are on the ground at… Audio

Fonterra has lifted its farmgate forecast milk price for this season by 30 cents to a new mid-point of 7-dollars-80 a kilogram of milk solids.

Monique Steele has the rural news. Audio

It's fresh produce time, joining Nathan Rarere with all the goss from the markets is our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth. Audio

British food writer Bee Wilson's new book The Secret of Cooking also serves up secrets for stress-free living. Alongside recipes, there's encouragement to improvise, a very useful section on learning… Audio

Imagine two months eating only what you can forage or hunt; crispy possum tails, rat or road kill anyone? Bay of Plenty hunter and "Keeping it Wild" YouTube sensation, Shay Williamson has done just… Video, Audio

An intensive 48 hour rat hunt gets underway this weekend at a rodent plagued Dunedin supermarket, that's been forced to close its doors in a bid to clear out the pests. Countdown Dunedin South has… Video, Audio

This time of the year is when there's an abundance of fruit around. Like Martin last week, food writer, stylist and cook Gretchen Lowe has a delicious recipe to use up any excess plums you have. Audio

A Taranaki grower has come up with an unusual fundraiser for Te Kahu Pairuri Hospice Taranaki. Eddie Hollard owns 'Dave's Patch' and is offering 3.2 hectares of prime Lepperton maize to the highest… Audio

Alliance is busy pushing lamb, beef and venison into China - just in time for Chinese New Year celebrations, which kick off later this month. 

Monique Steele has the rural news. Audio