Food
Easy Eats: Cumin Lamb Lettuce Cups
It's Wednesday which means time to talk Easy Eat, where we share a recipe that delivers on taste without demanding too much time. Our regular Easy Eats contributor Kelly Gibney is away so we've got… Audio
Why The Food Factory in Stoke is shutting up shop
The Food Factory in Stoke is an initiative that's helped out dozens of small food businesses over the past five years. But now, due to rising costs and less demand, it's shutting up shop. Pic's Peanut… Audio
School students make award winning olive oil
From pruning to harvesting of the 175 Tuscan style olive trees, the students did all the grunt work to create the boutique olive oil.
New Zealand’s new national sausage champion announced
As Kiwis dust off their BBQs ahead of summer, a new national sausage champion is ready for grilling. Owner of Westmere Butchery David Rossiter spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Butcher bags best sausage award for the fourth time
How does Auckland's Westmere Butchery keep banging out the best bangers?
Why we go bananas for bananas
Roger Harker is a principal scientist at Plant and Food Research, and a banana enthusiast. He joins Emile Donovan. Audio
'Size of a ping-pong ball': World's largest blueberry to be grown in NZ
The Eterna blueberry, which can grow 'up to the size of a ping-pong ball', is being planted in Kerikeri and Waikato.
How long is food safe after 'best before' dates?
New Zealand households are wasting an average $1300 each per year on unused food, and misunderstanding of best before dates may be part of the reason. Audio
NZ loses around $3b in wasted food every year
New research shows people are still confused about the dates on food labels, and it's potentially costing us a lot of money. Money correspondent Susan Edmunds spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
It's fresh Asparagus time, unless you're in to the mushy tinned ones. Glenn Forsyth has his report. Audio
Gardening with Lynda Hallinan: Thyme to talk herbs
Former NZ Gardener editor, author and all-round gardening guru Lynda Hallinan joins Jim to talk about her favourite herbs - how to grow them and how to use them. Audio
What's the food cost of living remote?
Checkpoint producer Johnny Sutherland spoke to Lisa Owen about the hefty cost of living remote. Audio
Are glass food containers better than plastic?
They tend to cost more, but experts say there are benefits to buying glass food storage containers.
Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
Glenn Forsyth delivers his fruit of the week and has news of the King Sweetie. FotW: BZ Tomatoes Audio
Who invented the mince and cheese pie?
Newsroom's Jonathan Milne has been investigating, and he joins Emile Donovan to answer this question and more. Audio
