11:45 am today

Off the beaten track with Kennedy Warne

From Nine To Noon, 11:45 am today
Left: the pectoral fin of a gurnard. Right: A bunch of a ripening bananas.

Left: the pectoral fin of a gurnard. Right: A bunch of a ripening bananas. Photo: Kennedy Warne

Kennedy joins Kathryn with a food theme today - talking about bananas and tips for growing them in New Zealand.

He looks at why the gurnard is a member of a fish family that includes the curiously named "sea robin" and how kumara came to be grown in New Zealand.