Food
National's yin and yang v Labour's frugal fear factor
Analysis: With little money in the government's coffers heading into Election 2023, the Caucus podcast looks at how the two main parties plan to use fear, frugality and friendliness to win your vote.
…Midday Rural News for 17 August 2023
Conservation group Forest and Bird is calling on the fishing industry to put an end date on the controversial practice of bottom trawling.
Monique Steele has the rural news.
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Farmers on 11 percent fall in whole milk powder price
An 11 percent fall in whole milk powder prices this week will see farmers across the country lose money this season.
Softening demand from China means the price - which strongly affects the pay-out… Audio
Midday Rural News for 16 August 2023
New Zealand dairy farmers are gritting their teeth as global dairy prices nose-dive to a four-year low.
Monique Steele has the rural news. Audio
Woolworths signs wholesale deal with KwikMart stores
A new convenience store chain believes it will be able to offer more competitive prices after signing a wholesale agreement with Woolworths New Zealand.
Midday Rural News for 15 August 2023
Rural services provider PGG Wrightson's annual profit has dropped by nearly a third with high debt and weaker real estate impacting returns.
Monique Steele has the rural news. Audio
Consumer NZ sceptical GST on fruit and veg will reach shoppers
Labour's policy to remove GST on fruit and vegetables - previously labelled as 'boondoggle' by its own Finance Minister - has found few friends since its announcement on Sunday. Labour is promising to… Audio
Community members support removal of GST from fruit and vegetables
Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens, which provides services to many Pacific families, is backing the removal of GST on fruits and vegetables.
The Finance Minister Grant Robertson says Labour's election… Audio
Tax experts slam GST-free fruit and vegetables policy
A sign of desperation; stupid populism; a depressingly bad idea.
Ask nearly any tax expert - and it's likely that's how they'll describe Labour's new GST-free fruit and vegetables policy.
RNZ has… Audio
Willis: removing GST from fresh, frozen food not a solution
Staying with that issue of GST off fruit and vegetables, National deputy leader Nicola Willis told Nathan Rarere it might look like a good policy, but the devil's in the detail. Audio
Taking GST off food hassle for small businesses
As you've probably heard by now, Labour's confirmed it's plans to wipe GST off fresh fruit and vegetables if they get re-elected. The leaked policy was met with a lukewarm response from many… Audio
Foodbank operator on removing GST from fruit and veg
Community leader and Foodbank operator David Letele spoke to Lisa Owen about Labour's policy to remove GST from fruit and vegetables.
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Woman at centre of suspected mushroom poisoning speaks out
The woman who cooked a fatal mushroom meal says she herself was hospitalised after eating it.
The Panel with Selwyn Manning and Victoria MacLennan (Part 2)
Today on part two of The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Selwyn Manning and Victoria MacLennan discuss the rise in asthma attacks, adding folid acid to the flour used in our bread and the… Audio
Advocate for making food more affordable for every New Zealander
Food systems expert Emily King is advocating for what she calls a 'noble goal' - a system that supplies people with healthy and affordable food that's made and grown well. She speaks to Jesse. Audio
Midday Rural News for 14 August 2023
It's been six months since Cyclone Gabrielle hit the East Coast, and in the worst hit regions along the East Coast many farmers and growers are still in survival mode.
Monique Steele has the rural… Audio
Labour's policy of removing GST from fruit and veges slammed, but voters support it
Removing GST from fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables is an expensive and "sad" way of saving families a few dollars a week, an economist and spokesperson for the Child Poverty Action Group says. Audio