The former owners of two North Island restaurants who exploited migrant workers and breached numerous minimum employment standards have been ordered to pay more than $330,000 in penalties, compensation and arrears. The exploitation of the seven migrant workers, who...
Pete’s Natural Sodas Heart Kids fundraising initiative had hit the magic $10,000 mark and the Motueka solar-powered soda company says there’s still more to come. CEO Dr Ruth Gorinski and Heart Kids NZ ambassadors at their celebration evening. “We’re not done yet,”...
Wellington born brewery, Panhead Custom Ales, is treating beer and music lovers across the country to a world-first innovation. The popular beer brand has developed a vending machine that operates via electric guitar and is strictly controlled by the musical abilities...
Satisfy Food Rescue and Kairos Food Rescue proudly celebrate three years of successful collaboration in their shared mission to alleviate hunger and reduce waste within the Christchurch and North Canterbury communities. Since their connection in 2020, which all began...
$50,000 brand development package awarded to Rescued’s sustainable solution to surplus food Rescued, a social enterprise with a sustainable and delicious solution for food waste, has been named as the winner of the Brand For Good Competition. The start-up impressed...
COP28: 7 food and agriculture innovations needed to protect the climate and feed a rapidly growing world Managing methane from belching cattle is a top innovation priority. Lance Cheung/USDA Paul Winters, University of Notre Dame For the first time ever, food and...
Looking for a fresh new listen for your podcast feed? The Feed is proud to present New Zealand's newest and sauciest food and drink podcast The Sauce . Co-founders of The Feed, Vicki Ravlich-Horan and Tash McGill have got their fingers in plenty of pies - Vicki is the...
An historic agreement was signed today between a pioneering innovator in seaweed, and Crown Research Institute AgResearch. AgResearch signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Paeroa-based AgriSea with the promise of benefit for the primary sector and...
More than 70 pop-up bars, eateries, gift stalls and entertainers are taking over The Cloud on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd December for the inaugural event: A Very Tasty Christmas Market. This event borrows from the organisers experience running other large scale...
Te Puna Umanga Venture Taranaki, the regional development agency for Taranaki, has announced significant progress in its Branching Out project. Six botanical trial sites, each growing a combination of medicinal plant and gin botanical crops, now have plants in the...
2024 is the year to ‘Play With Your Food’ according to Visa Wellington On a Plate, who have announced their festival theme alongside new dates for next year. The festival will run for the entire month of August (1 - 31), with Burger Wellington returning from 5 - 25...
Queenstown’s multi-award-winning Broken Heart Spirits has notched up a New Zealand ‘first’ with the launch of the country’s first fully recyclable eco-refill pouches. Sustainability is at the forefront of how the company does business. Understanding how wasteful the...
Popular Lower Hutt bakery, Little Bread Loaf, is set to impress their community of ‘Loaves’ this month as they prepare to open a second site in Miramar on the 14th of November. Proudly Māori-owned, the bakery has grown exponentially from its origins as a...
Following a tender process run by the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE), on 11 October 2023, the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs approved the New Zealand Dispute Resolution Centre Limited (NZDRC) to deliver a dispute resolution scheme...
New Zealand’s biggest celebration of good beer, Beervana, is set to return to Wellington’s Sky Stadium on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 August, 2024. Beervana Manager Ryan McArthur says he’s already looking forward to the festival which has grown to become the largest...
From making New Zealand’s first certified Fairtrade organic chocolate bar to collaborating with Kiwi icons like Karen Walker, Wellington Chocolate Factory is celebrating a decade of sweet success as it turns 10. Co-founders Gabe Davidson and Rochelle Alagar first...
Following in the footsteps of the incredibly well-received Headliner ft. NZH-106, Sprig + Fern Brewing Co. have today released its successor, the aptly named Encore ft. NZH-106. Headliner ft. NZH-106 was the first beer in New Zealand to commercially brew with trial...
Although the final whistle did not bring the result New Zealand had hoped for, Hospitality New Zealand is still delighted by the significant boost the Rugby World Cup has provided for hospitality venues throughout the country. Hospitality venues, bars, restaurants,...
Forty-five is still considered young these days. In human years anyway. But when it comes to tenure in retail, 45 years is a ripe old age. Not many retail organisations in New Zealand can boast a near half-century in operation, but Chantal Organics can. The Hawke’s...
Consumer staff have blind-taste tested nine instant coffee brands and found that higher price doesn't necessarily mean better taste – with a supermarket budget brand providing New Zealanders with the best at-home instant brew for their buck. An important finding, as...
Sam Weston is a joiner by trade but by night (and weekends) he, and his business partner Wayne Hanright, are producing award-winning Black Garlic from the small town of Blackball on the remote West Coast of New Zealand. “I originally started Blackball Black Garlic...