Food & Recipes

The value of what we're throwing out has risen to $3.2 billion - due to higher food costs.

Susan Murray has the rural news. Audio

T.O.A.D Hall is arguably the jewel in Motueka's crown. What started off as a fruit and veggie shop on the town's main street has been transformed over the past decade into an organic farm-to-table… Audio

A former chef who has cooked around 170-thousand meals for cyclone-affected families and volunteers in Hawke's Bay will soon hang up her apron for a well deserved break. Neela Neela has been feeding… Audio

A trio of Northland brothers is on a mission to keep fruit and vege affordable for local families battling the cost of living crisis. Kumara is cracking more than $13 per kg in some bigger stores. But… Video, Audio

It's always a dilemma when you're moving house to decide what to keep and what to let go. Many people find books and magazine collections particularly hard, especially when those magazine collections… Audio

The New Zealand wool flooring manufacturer Bremworth is hoping to boost confidence in the wool sector by offering ten-year contracts for farmer suppliers.

Susan Murray has the rural news. Audio

Rainfall watches are in place through to this evening and totals over the past 24 hours are ranging from 70 to 150 millimetres in Bay of Plenty and 300 millimetres north of Gisborne.

Susan Murray has… Audio

A group of Wellingtonians are striving to save food from landfill. The composting initiative, Kaicycle, takes compostable scraps from homes and offices and recycles them into living compost. The… Audio

The Ministry of Health wants action against junk food advertising, which it says is helping send some New Zealanders to an early grave.

Documents obtained under the Official Information Act show… Audio

It's time for our twice weekly whip around the fresh produce markets - with Nathan Rarere is our Minister of Fruit and Veggies Glenn Forsyth. Audio

Labour is vowing to keep free school lunches in nearly one-thousand schools if it's re-elected.

Government funding had only budgeted for the programme until the end of 2024, but Labour is committing… Audio

Many farmers are in damage control, putting out supplementary feed and moving stock after heavy rainfall resulted in flooding across the Southland region.

Monique Steele has the business news. Audio

While's there's been a bit of a scramble over his tax policy, the leader of the National Party, binds it together when it comes to breakfast.

In RNZ's new political series, Grilled, the top four… Audio