Food
Pay-what-you-want food truck sees huge rise in business
A Dunedin vegetarian eatery that lets people pay what they can afford for a feed has tripled the number of meals its making each night. The Bowling club started as a food truck but moved into premises… Video, Audio
From cocktail brainwave to 'surprisingly useful' condiment
Auckland-based company Dirty International is turning what would be wasted olive brine into something tasty. But what are the uses for brine? Co-founder Jodi Litherland is here to tell us. Audio
Midday Rural News for 4 October 2023
Volatility in global markets and softer consumer demand including from our biggest customer, China is hitting exports. That slump in beef exports to China has hit farmgate prices here.
Monique… Audio
The battle for milk supply in Waikato
Competition for milk supply in Waikato is intensifying as a new international player sets up shop. Audio
Sanitarium backs down on cutting off Warehouse from Weet-Bix
The warehouse weetbix supply crisis is over, following pressure from shoppers. Manufacturer Sanitarium says it heard the calls from consumers. And its reducing weetbix exports, so it can keep feeding… Video, Audio
Dunedin vet giving away surplus veg
A Dunedin vet has filled her backyard with planter boxes and is putting surplus produce in a stall outside her gate for others to take home. Dr Helen Beattie posted in her local community page asking… Audio
Sanitarium to resume supplying Weet-Bix to The Warehouse
Sanitarium has announced it will resume supplies of Weet-Bix to The Warehouse following controversy last week over pulling the product. Audio
Midday Rural News for 3 October 2023
Asparagus growers, in the two key growing regions of Waikato and Horowhenua, are on tenterhooks with temperatures predicted to plunge overnight.
Monique Steele has the rural news. Audio
Weet-Bix heading back to The Warehouse shelves
The stoush over Weet-Bix has finally been resolved with Sanitarium agreeing to resume supply to The Warehouse.
Last week the manufacturer said it would stop sending stock to the retailer due to… Audio
Midday Rural News for 2 October 2023
There are early warnings that the just-arrived El Niño weather pattern could produce droughts as severe as ones suffered in 1982 and 1997.
Monique Steele has the rural news. Audio
Labour to help new players set up in the grocery market if re-elected
Labour is promising to help new players set up in the country's grocery market to improve competition.
The party's consumer affairs spokesperson, Duncan Webb, announced this morning that if… Audio
Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
Time now to get the latest from the Minister of Fruit Glenn Forsyth. Audio
"A way of making people move" - Coaxing veggie gardens in Christchurch
It takes a bit of grit to grow veges in the Christchurch winter, but a group of Fijian families are rising to the challenge via a University of Canterbury-led project. Audio
The Week in Detail: Tiny homes, mental health awareness, and Afghan refugees
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Coming up
Long Read: The food lobby in Aotearoa
By Guyon Espiner: How the food industry throws its weight – and its money – around in sport, politics, nutrition, and education. Audio
Countdown pledges to keep essentials at 'low prices for longer'
The cost of eggs, bread, butter cheese or almost any staple remains a hot topic. This week Countdown's pledged to keep more than 1500 everyday essentials at "low prices for longer". It follows claims… Video, Audio
Gretchen Lowe - Jamaican Jerk Fish Tacos
Today Gretchen Lowe shares a lovely summery recipe to share with friends and family. She tells Jesse how to make her fish tacos with a distinctly Jamaican twist. Audio
