Food
Preserving, pickling, dried food helping with cost of living
You can store eggs for up to 12 months in lime-water?? Who knew? And what is lime water?? Leonard Powell finds out from preserve and pickle champion Ellen Schindler. Audio
Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
Winter appears to have arrived at the produce markets - so it's mandarin and kumara time with Glenn Forsyth Audio
Eat yourself calm: Foods that relieve anxiety
Uma Naidoo, is a Harvard nutritional psychiatrist, professional chef, and nutritional biologist. Audio
Ashia Ismail-Singer: The Laden Table
Ashia Ismail-Singer's family story has branches from Africa to India, the Middle east, France, the UK and New Zealand. Audio
The Mixtape: Liv Sisson on Fungi, Food and Music
This week on the RNZ Mixtape we go mushroom foraging with Liv Sisson.
Liv is a forager, fungi enthusiast and writer at the Spinoff. On the Mixtape she shares the local music and mushroom discoveries… Audio
What children eat for lunch around the world
With a full redesign of New Zealand's school lunch programme in the works, RNZ investigates how other countries keep their school students from going hungry.
The Panel with Ed Amon and Cindy Mitchener (Part 2)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Ed Amon and Cindy Mitchener discuss making the great outdoors more wheelchair accessible and the rise of "Curtain Banks". Audio
Week in Politics: Triumph and disaster, but no austerity
Analysis - A big announcement about Auckland's water woes was overshadowed by a chaotic press conference about prisons, Peter Wilson writes.
Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
Pumpkin varieties and Jazz Junior apples are leading the fruit and veggie charge this week from the markets with Glenn Forsyth with Fruit of the Week - New Zealand persimmons Audio
School lunch revamp: 'The biggest waiting list since 2018'
Up to 10,000 more hungry children under five will become eligible for free lunches under the government's revised lunches in schools programme.
Why feijoas aren't tinned to be enjoyed all year round
Earlier this week one of our listeners shared that she had just picked an Avocado sized 186g Feijoa. Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Thursday 9 May
On today's episode, a school lunch provider in the Coromandel discusses changes to the Government's school lunch scheme, the cost of paying doctors overtime is skyrocketing, and costing taxpayers more… Audio
Jobs could go as government rolls out new school lunch model
The Government says it will order what schools need from a central source rather than relying on the current 156 school lunch suppliers. Jak's Café makes 240 meals per day for two schools in the… Audio
Kitchen Collection founder on reduced price school lunches
Changes to the lunches in schools programme are on the way. The government's budgeted three dollars per lunch - down from about 8 dollars. Harrison Stott is the founder of the Kitchen Collective… Audio
School lunches: Principals disheartened by menu changes, lack of funding for staff
Principals say sandwiches and muesli bars are insufficient and they don't have staffing capacity to organise the lunches themselves. Audio
Baby food pouches don't lead to overeating, study finds
A new study has debunked fears parents may have around new methods of feeding babies.
School lunches: Seymour failed to get sweeping cuts he wanted, Labour says
The Labour Party is claiming a win for its campaign that the government commit to keeping and funding free school lunches. Audio
