Supermarkets facing lemon shortage this summer
Supermarkets across New Zealand are facing lemon shortages with the citrus fruit not being in season locally, and the pandemic being blamed for delays in imports.
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Toxins that cause diarrhoea prompt Akaroa shellfish warning
Toxins that cause diarrhoea prompt Akaroa shellfish warning
A public health warning has been issued advising people not to collect shellfish from Akaroa Harbour.
Goneburgers: McDonald's dumps KiwiBurger from its summer menu
Goneburgers: McDonald's dumps KiwiBurger from its summer menu
If your favourite burger on the Maccas menu is the classic KiwiBurger, then you'll be disappointed next time you pull up at a drive-thru.
Parents centre cookbook out in time for Christmas
Parents centre cookbook out in time for Christmas
The Ashburton Parents Centre has produced a cookbook filled with easy to follow recipes just in time for Christmas.
Moo Juice: Non-homogenised milk, glass bottles gain popularity
Moo Juice: Non-homogenised milk, glass bottles gain popularity
Keeping milk real with "none of that fancy homogenised and standardised city stuff".
Fleurs closing to sort out operating under Orange
Fleurs closing to sort out operating under Orange
Due to challenges around the new traffic light system, award-winning South Island seafood restaurant Fleurs Place has closed until further notice.
Fewer commercial beekeepers due to oversupply
'Half the beekeepers we know want to get out'
As many struggling commercial beekeepers "get out" of the industry, groups like the Christchurch Hobbyist Beekeepers Club are growing in popularity.
Tarras cafe to close over Covid stance
Tarras cafe to close over Covid stance
A South Island cafe is set to close its doors over what appears to be a stance against the Government's Covid-19 vaccine mandate.
Online meal delivery service bites into district’s growth
Online meal delivery service bites into district’s growth
Hundreds of orders have flooded into a new online meal delivery app and website since it was launched in the Selwyn district this month.
North Canterbury’s wines celebrated
North Canterbury’s wines celebrated
A diverse range of wines and styles were lined up at this year’s Amberley A&P Show Alpine Pacific Wine Challenge.
Pressure on takeaway food chains to ditch 'fast chickens'
Pressure on takeaway food chains to ditch 'fast chickens'
Fast food brands in NZ risk falling behind European standards for chicken welfare if they don't move to phase out controversial fast-growing breeds.
Harbour Kitchens: New incarnation for Lyttelton cookbook
Harbour Kitchens: New incarnation for Lyttelton cookbook
Another helping of the Harbour Kitchens cookbook has been created to celebrate Lyttelton, its food, and people.
Neighbours get together over potatoes
Neighbours get together over potatoes
For Christchurch woman Shirley Poppelwell, a potato growing competition is the way to bring her neighbourhood together.
Free pizza for vaccinated people
Free pizza for vaccinated people at Christchurch restaurant
A Christchurch restaurant is offering free pizza this weekend to anyone who has had at least one shot of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Whittaker's chocolate prices to increase
Whittaker's chocolate prices to increase
Chocolate company Whittaker's - which was founded in Christchurch in 1896 - will be increasing its prices from today.
Smell of toasties gets up nose of cafe's neighbours
Smell of toasties gets up nose of cafe's neighbours
A Picton cafe has put its upstairs neighbours' noses out of joint after strong "food smells" wafted up onto their waterfront balconies and homes.
High-profile café becomes Covid casualty
High-profile café becomes Covid casualty
High-profile Wellington café Prefab is ceasing operations immediately and staff have been given notice of redundancy.
Sugar is evil: Science trumped but advice spot on
Sugar is evil: Science trumped but advice spot on
When Professor Jim Mann was a young man his father, a GP, was obsessed over people eating too much sugar.
Fast food provides comfort in troubled times
Fast food provides comfort in troubled times
Kiwis in level 3 raced to their local fast food joints yesterday - but why? A Christchurch clinical psychologist suspects multiple factors were driving the rush.
Takeaway joints prepare for stricter level 3
South Island restaurants, takeaway joints prepare for stricter level 3
Takeaway food is back on the cards from Wednesday, with one Christchurch owner saying they've been preparing to welcome back customers since lockdown started.