Foraging

A sheep and beef farm on the foothills of the Seaward Kaikoura Range is home to a boutique distillery. Justine Schroder converted a shed into the Mt Fyffe Distillery three years ago and she's never… Audio

Raglan foragers Emily Eldin and Sean Mills' new business has mushroomed out of lock-down and is taking them on a wild journey. The real-estate agent and hospitality worker couple were foraging for… Video, Audio

Foraging is gaining popularity as fruit and vegetable prices increase and the rise in cost of living means people are having to be more creative about where and how they get their food.  Audio

It doesn't take long for Rochana Moon to fill her wicker basket with wild plants and fungi. The medical herbalist and naturopath is foraging beside the Cardrona River in Central Otago. Audio

Writer and foraging enthusiast Olivia Sisson has been out and about over the summer, collecting up a range of edible wild fungi. Olivia joins us to tell us about her foraging adventures, and how you… Audio

Urban forager and food writer, Liv Sisson finds all sorts of tasty treats in the Otautahi city centre.With some of the housing and buildings destroyed in the earthquakes, a rewilding has taken place… Audio, Gallery

Expert forager Johanna Knox shares some tips for cooking with onion weed. Audio

Human fathers put more time and energy into rearing their offspring than most other mammalian dads. Dr Lee Gettler is an anthropologist who focuses on fathering and the biology of fatherhood. He's… Audio

Johanna Knox explains how to spot plants that are edible in an updated edition of The Forager's Treasury: The essential guide to finding and using wild plants in Aotearoa. Audio

Levi Harrison has answered the call of nature. The modern hunter gatherer lives in the bush in Golden Bay with his partner Annika Korsten. They practice primitive living and are not only surviving… Audio

A Christchurch based writer and fungi enthusiast has some tips for foraging as the season gets into full swing. Audio, Gallery

The Man-the-Hunter hypothesis looks to have been well and truly debunked, with research suggesting the early big-game hunters of the Americas were female. Dr Randy Haas joins the show to discuss his… Audio

Keeping it local and tapping into Reefton's rich history were two of Patsy Bass's goals when she founded the Reefton Distilling Company two years ago... Audio, Gallery

Alison Stringer works a government job by day, and is a scientist and lifelong forager. A trained mycologist (fungi expert), she undertook graduate studies in Dr Ian Hall's edible ecomycorrhizal fungi… Audio, Gallery

Seaweed, mushrooms, wild parsnips and watercress. A bounty awaits those who forage for food. We talk to environmental researcher and forager Peter Langlands. Audio

Jayson Norris talks about his new EP 'Eroded' and almost fifteen years of living in the U.K. as a working musician. Audio