Food & Recipes

Known for its vivid green colour and incredibly strong alcohol percentage, Hastings Distillers are trying to save absinthe's reputation. Audio

It might be the first official day of Autumn, but there's still plenty of summer fruit around to use or preserve. Today Jess Daniell, of Jess's Underground Kitchen, has a great recipe for a salad… Audio

Despite strong opposition from conservation groups, the government has given final approval for the country's first open ocean salmon farm in the Cook Strait.

New Zealand King Salmon confirmed the… Audio

Waikato sheep milking farmers say they were blind-sided this week when their company Maui Milk, told them to stop milking immediately.

Sally Murphy has the rural news. Audio

Finally.... Green MP and South Auckland Fa'anana Efeso Collins died at a charity event last week. Yesterday he was farewelled in style , with a huge celebration of his life at the Due Drop Events… Audio

With Nathan Rarere from the produce markets is our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth. Fruit of the Week: NZ Nectarines Audio

Cyclone Gabrielle last February severely affected four of T&G's orchards and flooded some of its facilities.

It has just reported a net loss after tax of $64.2 million for the year to December; a… Audio

With silt suffocating productive land across Hawke's Bay after Cyclone Gabrielle, horticulturalists are grappling with growing in the new conditions.

But Plant and Food Research is on a mission to… Audio

The cost of food continues to climb with New Zealand among countries that have seen the biggest increases over the past 12 months.

A new report from World Vision shows Aotearoa saw an increase of… Audio

Grain prices are continuing their downward trend, meaning some growers won't break-even this season in the face of high production costs.

Sally Murphy has the rural news. Audio

The country's largest kiwifruit grower, Seeka, says any risks posed by a common agri-chemical can be mitigated. 

Seeka representatives spoke about hydrogen cyanamide at an Environmental Protection… Audio