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We are all proud of and know how effective the 100% Pure NZ brand is. Fantasise how it would be if that was 100% Pure Organic NZ. An impossible dream? That’s what they told Elon Musk when he mooted online banking – and who’s laughing now? Everything

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Doesn’t it make your heart sing when you see a monarch butterfly float into your garden, pause to reach deep into the heart of a marigold and continue on its way? But butterflies do more than add colour and charm to your garden. When they reach deep

Tēnā ko te toa mahi kai e kore e paheke. A warrior who works hard at growing food will not fail. Mid to late summer in the garden is a hectic time. All the edibles are coming ready at once, the weeds are running to seed, and you really need that summ

Eighth lunar month of the Māori year – approximately equivalent to January Fruits of the new season are set and ready for ripening, as the karaka berries ripen. Karaka was a highly valued food for Māori (second only to kūmara) before Europeans introd

Irked by the amounts of food that gets dumped before it’s even sold, or because it’s just a little too close to that best-before or use-by data, Hastings woman Christina McBeth felt compelled to do something about it. After hearing about an organisat

Drinking is a big part of our Kiwi culture. It’s a social lubricant, enhancing mood, reducing tension and lessening anxiety. While there glass of wine here or there, or is absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying a having a G&T to celebrate with family

Frozen treats are a must in the hot summer months. With a little forethought and preparation ahead of time they can be made with little effort. Through the summer months I stockpile the freezer with excess berries and stone fruit from the garden and

With vertiginous snowy peaks, pōhutukawafringed beaches and geothermal areas it’s not hard to see why Aotearoa New Zealand attracts tourists. In the year ending March 2020, tourism was our largest export industry, representing $16.4 billion, or 5.5 p

Jenny Lux has a number of interests. There is a love of music and dance, running, cycling and teaching yoga – and gardening. The latter became a business and is now a thriving market garden encircling her home in Ngongotaha, Rotorua. And it is the ho

Amongst sandbanks at Paraparaumu Beach, north of Wellington, Maria Brocklebank will spend up to nine hours distilling 50kg of mānuka – in return for just 20mls of essential oil. Distilling mānuka into an essential oil is much like lavender distillati

Don’t worry if you haven’t heard of the slow food movement. You’re probably part of it already. Founded in Italy in the late 1980s, Slow Food is a holistic idea about the sustainable, healthy alternatives to the current model of food globalisation. I

Jacinda Ardern once told the United Nations that “We are determined to show that we can be the most sustainable food producers in the world.” But, when she made that promise in 2019, that title was already taken, and is still firmly held by a state i