Coffee

Rebekah Holt has gone from a communications manager for the New Zealand Police to Head of Staff at TV3 to serious car crash survivor. She now lives in Melbourne, where she is the only journalist to go… Audio, Gallery

The very witty Kitty Flanagan has helpfully put together a comprehensive guide to modern behaviour, and help everyone around you be a bit less irritating, with her new book, 488 Rules For Life: The… Audio

A Vanderbilt University study suggests that drinking two or more cups of coffee or tea a day may increase the risk of lung cancer. Dr Kathryn Bradbury is a senior research fellow at the University of… Audio

Apparently coffee is not an essential item to have in a nuclear bunker. Since WW1 Switzerland encouraged all its citizens to stockpile goods in case of a nuclear war, but one item that has fallen off… Audio

Coffee snobs are not only telling people the way real coffee should be made, they're now refusing to make it any other way to cafe customers. A BBC piece looks at the new breed of high-end coffee… Audio

Atta Elayyan's image has been widely shared, since he died in the Christchurch mosque attacks. Alex Perrottet met with the futsal player's close friends Ronan Naicker and Mahmoud Moh'd, who brought… Video, Audio

Christchurch-based inventor Nigel Pink started roasting coffee beans by connecting his Toyata van's windscreen wiper motor to his barbecue. Now he's preparing to launch a brand-new, hand-operated… Audio

A reusable coffee cup lending scheme is about to be trailed in Wellington for caffeine addicts looking for convenient, takeaway coffee that's also waste-free.  Audio

Tropical fruits cope extremely well in New Zealand conditions, says Linda Schafli. She and her husband Owen grow bananas, pineapples and coffee on a seven-hectare property east of Whangarei. Audio, Gallery

MBIE is determined to stamp out imperial measurements in the coffee industry. It's written to the NZ Specialty Coffee Association about getting their members to stop using 8 ounce measures and switch… Audio

Five years ago, a casual text message led a young Yemeni-American man to his calling – helping restart the coffee industry in the poor, war-torn country his parents had emigrated from, said to be the… Audio

Allan Blackman of AUT explains what acrylamide is and how it affects your instant coffee.He also says it's harmless in the quantities we drink. Audio

A New Zealand speciality coffee roaster says he's committed to growers in PNG and to telling their stories. Audio

Papua New Guinea's coffee industry is being increasingly threatened by an invasive beetle while the government stalls on promised emergency funding. Audio

A PNG coffee grower's introduction to the taste of his own coffee has revolutionised his business. Audio

Coffee drinkers rejoice - a new study says drinking three cups of coffee a day is linked to a lower risk of death. And it doesn't matter if it's caffeinated or d-caffeinated! Audio