Food

Wellington's eating and drinking scene has significantly changed over the past few years.

"You feel a little uncomfortable for sure by the end of the day," said pro judge Tracey Bartlett. After today, she won't touch a pie for weeks.

As residents wake to another cold morning, a silent figure slips into the mist, leaving just one clue.

If you're a pork eater, it's hard to fathom that bacon - and its cold-cut cousin ham - can be judged on a scale. Isn't it all a salty, fatty dream? Audio

Wildly popular butchery classes are being used as a culinary way to combat rampant feral deer in Hawke's Bay.

If you start your day with a coffee, you are doing yourself a big favour, a nutritionist says. Audio