Community initiatives

Healthy and sustainable initiatives for the community such as reducing plastic waste, obesity and improving animal welfare.

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Fantastic non-plastic

A new edible packaging material for foods has been developed by a research...

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Munch a school lunch

A group of 160 Auckland women are calling for healthy school lunches to...

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Below the line: Poor choice or poverty of choice?

I spent a week of last month hungry. Not starving, tummy-rumbling, painful hungry,...

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Living Below the Line: a lesson in having not quite enough

$2.85 is not much to make a meal from. It’s even less to...

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Time to cut our plastic waste

Will 2018 be the year we look back on as the beginning of...

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Health pundit wish list for 2018

It’s a new year and we start it with a sense of hope. Whatever...

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Jamie Oliver slashes sugar

The introduction of a levy on sugary drinks across UK celebrity chef Jamie...

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Obesity: A vital election issue

Three years ago, I wrote a story for Healthy Food Guide about the...

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Dinner for 120

It’s what they call the silly season, well and truly, now the calendar...

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Junk free and jaded

Niki Bezzant wonders whether ‘free from’ months are simply deprivation diets by another...

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Nutrition education helping Kenyan children

New Zealand teams recommend solutions in Kenyan community. Together ChildFund New Zealand, Otago University’s...

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We don’t have to have a fat, sick future

Well, the election is just a month away, and still the media is...

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There’s something we need to talk about…

They say it’s not a good idea to talk about religion or politics...

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How healthy are your restaurant meals?

How healthy was the last meal you ate in a restaurant? Without being...

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Shopping guide: Free-range pork

It sounds like a great idea – but how do we know what...

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Breast cancer update

October is Breast Cancer Action Month. Here’s what’s new in breast cancer research.Breast...

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Australian success inspire Kiwi kids to learn from seed to fork

School gardens are becoming more common around the country, giving kids a chance...

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