Food
Mr Meatballs - Michael Dearth
The 13th Hawkes Bay Food and Wine Classic festival is set to get stomachs rumbling with the inaugural Hastings Meatball Festival. Audio
Food: Caramelised Onion & Cheddar burgers
Gretchen Lowe divulges her husband Blair's take on the Oklahoma burger, where he cooks beef patties piled high with onions, which has become something of a family weekend tradition. Audio
The regulars helping keep New Zealand's fine dining restaurants afloat
That includes a Christchurch fine dining restaurant where the eight-course menu and wine pairing is over $400 per head. Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Friday 7 March 2025
On today's episode, Health Minister Simeon Brown has come under criticism for ditching a bowel screening programme for Maori and Pasifika that started at age 50, a school lunch so hot it gave a… Audio
Principal on school lunch that gave student second degree burns
A school lunch so hot it gave a Gisborne student second degree burns has resulted in a widened food safety investigation into lunch provider Compass. Ilminster Intermediate School principal Jonathan… Audio
Gisborne student receives burn from school lunch programme
New Zealand Food Safety is widening its investigation into how a Gisborne student was burned by a hot school lunch. Haeata Community Campus in Christchurch principal Peggy Burrows spoke to Ingrid… Audio
Fruit and Vege Report with Tony Teau
They're either $11 per kg - or free - it's Feijoa season, Tony Teau tells us more - it's also our Fruit of the Week! Audio
An experiment in your pint glass
Fourteen breweries have submitted unusual flavours, and tomorrow expert judges and regular punters alike will be taste-testing them. The challenge is run in tandem with a fundraiser for Rare Disorders… Audio
Where is the best burger in New Zealand?
A humble food truck at the bottom of the country has taken out the top spot in the Burger Nation competition. Audio
Another two Wellington restaurants pulling the plug
Mekong Cafe - known as Wellington's original noodle house - and Daisy's have announced plans to close their doors.
Sepuloni calls for action from education minister over lunches
Carmel Sepuloni talks the week in politics from Labour's perspective Audio
Why is New Zealand garlic so expensive?
Someone once said shallots are for babies, garlic is for heroes, but you may have to pay heroic prices for the home grown stuff. Audio
The best burger, officially
A humble food truck in the 40-strong town of Papatowai in the Catlins has taken out the top spot in the Burger Nation competition. Audio
Why is New Zealand garlic so expensive?
At Woolworths a single bulb of garlic costs four dollars for one. Garlic imported from China is selling for three dollars and 99 cents a bag, with about a dozen bulbs in a bag. So what is the… Audio
Easy Eats with Kelly Gibney
Kelly Gibney's recipe today is packed with flavour and perfect for lunch or dinner. Find the full recipe here. Audio
Taste-testing a wallaby quesadilla
In past years, possum pâté, goat pies and wasp larvae ice cream have been on offer at Northland's Field Days.
Food rescue organisations fear imminent funding end
Food rescue organisations fear thousands of tonnes of surplus food could end up in landfills if funding due to run out in June is not renewed. Audio
Is a Marmite sandwich and an apple good enough for a child's lunch?
We've come a long way in what we know about eating well, so "just like you and I had" is not good enough any more, experts say. Audio
