Cheese

It's the festive season and people are looking forward to indulging, so that means lots of wine and cheese. And It turns out that this might not be all bad, with research showing that consumption of… Audio

It is thought humans started consuming dairy products around 4500 years ago, during the Neolithic period when we started living alongside animals - however, we didn't always have the stomach for it. 

James Griffiths works as an independent sustainability advisor in Geneva and is more than happy with his lot, despite the high cost of living and the fact he still misses his fellow countrymen and… Audio

It was an office cooking challenge that first got Paul Broughton "stuck on the cheese thing". Now he runs the Remutaka Pass Creamery and C'est Cheese shop in the Wairarapa town of Featherston. Audio, Gallery

Banks Peninsula horticulturist Cornelia Holten established the KoruKai Herb Farm at Pigeon Bay with support from her husband Kai in 2013. She grows about 80 varieties of herbs - 40 of which she uses… Audio

A new study conducted by researchers at Loma Linda University Health has associated consumption of dairy milk with a greater risk of breast cancer in women. New Zealand Professor Gary Fraser was the… Audio

Juliet, a cafe and deli owner, food writer, promoter of cheese and all around expert will discuss tastings, varietals and how to put together the perfect cheeseboard.  Audio

New Zealand-based international cheese judge Juliet Harbutt would like to see cheese makers here make their own distinct cheeses rather than copy well-known recipes. Audio

For years Chris and Jill Whalley battled to be able to produce cheese from unpasteurised milk. Now parliamentarians, the people they had to convince, are eating Mount Eliza cheese at Bellamy's. Audio, Gallery

Different cheese wheels were exposed to different types of music. They found that the cheese exposed to music had a milder flavor compared to the non-musical cheese. Audio

Aroha is the key to making award winning cheese, says Zev Kaka-Holtz from Whangarei boutique cheese company, Grinning Gecko. His kau piro cheese was recently recognised at an international cheese… Audio, Gallery

A solid white mass was discovered in an Egyptian tomb from the 13th century BC is believed to be the world's oldest cheese. Studies found the mass contained proteins from cow milk, and sheep or goat… Audio

A novice Māori cheese maker has won a major award in one of the world's most prestigious cheese competitions.

Zev Kaka-Holtz works for the artisan company Grinning Gecko and his kau piro cheese has… Audio

Tapawera dairy goat farmer Tracy Hay has given each of her hundred or so kids a name. The self-confessed 'goatie' has hand-raised Tinkerbell, Treasure, Tambourine and Truffle et al so that they are… Audio, Gallery

Julie Brownlee's Neudorf Valley sheep milking operation supplies milk to Thorvald, a company that produces sheep's milk cheese and yoghurt in a factory right next to Julie's milking shed. Audio