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“They're fully embedded in the political and economic life in New Zealand ... As soon as there's some policy on the table – that they're thinking about sugary drinks tax or restrictions on junk food marketing or so on – they will pounce.” Photo: RNZ
This week, it's a story from RNZ's In Depth team: 'Fully embedded': The food lobby in Aotearoa.
Investigative reporter Guyon Espiner has come out with a new series, Off the Shelf, looking at the quiet struggle to stop New Zealanders eating themselves sick.
He joins Alexia Russell to discuss the series and read his story himself.
How the food industry throws its weight – and its money – around in sport, politics, nutrition, and education.
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