Food
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
Maori Party's Debbie Ngarewa Packer on Labour's GST policy
Time now for our regular catch up with Te Pati Maori and their possible coalition partners have announced some big policies. Labour's pledging to take GST off fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables… Audio
GST off fruit and veg - what would be covered, what would not
One of Labour's big election promises is to take the 15 percent GST off fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables from April 2024, if re-elected. Here's what it would cover.
Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
That music is a clear indication that the produce parliament is in session - our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth joins the programme now. Audio
Hungry for change: Fixing Aotearoa's broken food system
Analysis: If NZ is such a great food producer, why are so many of us going hungry, or eating lower-grade food, asks food systems expert Emily King.
Folic acid to be added to some bread-making flours from tomorrow
A nutritionist believes more women will now receive an important vitamin supplement as it is added to the country's bread supply.
