Food
The Pre-Panel for 2 December 2025
Wallace Chapman and producer José Barbosa preview tonight's instalment of The Panel. Audio
Feature: Ruby Tandoh digests food culture in 2025
Food isn't just something we eat anymore. We're served up food culture all day long, whether we invite it in or not, feeding our cravings and shaping our choices in ways we don't always notice. Ruby… Audio
Morning Report Essentials for Tuesday 2 December 2025
Opposition leader, Chris Hipkins spoke to Morning Report; The mother of a girl who ate a potentially mouldy school meal is disgusted students were served gone off food; The World Health Organisation… Audio
Mother of girl who ate mouldy school lunch "disgusted"
The mother of a girl who ate a potentially mouldy school meal is disgusted students were served gone off food. Rebecca Mckenzie, whose 12-year-old daughter Aurora ate one of the meals spoke to Corin… Audio
Chef Al Brown on surviving the restaurant 'silly season'
Al Brown is an restaurateur and businessman, the owner of Auckland stand-outs Depot Oyster Bar and Federal Delicatessen. He joins Emile Donovan to share how to be a good patron this festive season. Audio
The Panel with Tim Batt and Aimie Hines, Part 1
Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Tim Batt and Aimie Hines. First up, rates caps are here. From 2027, councils won't be able to increase rates by more than 4 percent per… Audio
Food poisoning warning after school provided contaminated lunches
A Christchurch school says it has been provided with what it believes are contaminated school lunches in a significant health and safety breach. In a social media post Haeata Community Campus said it… Audio
Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
It's December the first, and no one loves summer fruit more than Glenn Forsyth Audio
Fatal cases of African swine fever worry local pork industry
The head of New Zealand Pork believes the country should be concerned about Spain's confirmed cases of African swine fever.
Easy Christmas prep with chef Del Holland
Our food regular Del Holland is back this week to get us cracking on Christmas prep. Audio
Food: Mussels with Fennel, Crème fraiche and Saffron
Martin Bosley from Yellow Brick Road shares Skye Gyngell's delicious recipe: Mussels with Fennel, Crème fraiche and Saffron Audio
Fruit and Vege Report with Glenn Forsyth
Glenn has his Fruit of the Week - and it's a group effort - Aussie melons. Also eggplants. Audio
Turning old bread into flour and then into tasty tortillas
An Auckland company that's taking loaves full circle is now branching out to other products.
Lifecycle of a loaf: The company turning bread back into flour
What started with a "stir crazy" chef armed with a nutri bullet during lockdown is now an award winning company looking to tackle a major element of the country's food waste problem. Rescued Kitchen… Audio
From cooking on the Rainbow Warrior to becoming a Buddhist Nun
Not many cookbooks - if any - are launched with a live theatre performance. But then Jade Reidy isn't your average author. Jade has not only been a professional non-fiction writer for 40 years, she is… Audio
The story behind NZ's obsession with chocolate fish
From their first emergence in the late 19th century, chocolate fish have been ever-present.
Habits may change as price of beef mince soars by 18%
The average price of a one-kilogram pack of beef mince climbed 18 percent since the start of the year.
