What is the total amount of food wasted in NZ?

9 ways to save money on your food bill

New Zealand families spend, on average, more than $10,000 on food each year. While power bills can skyrocket through winter and rent prices are non-negotiable, food is one area where,…

Cheese: Taste, Don’t Waste

We waste a truckload of cheese in New Zealand. Each year we send 1,349 tonnes of cheese to the landfill, which by volume, actually isn’t very much compared to other…

Quiz: How much money are you wasting when you throw away food?

Every time you throw away food you’re throwing away money. You may not think it is a lot, but every little bit of wasted food – the leftovers which were forgotten…

Tackling food waste in Taranaki

Two Taranaki locals have kept a close eye on their rubbish bins in an attempt to track how much food they waste. Taranaki MP Barbara Kuriger and Olena Williams accepted…

Love thy food

We all have that one food that we would never waste. It may be that last mouthful of gooey French brie, or the final two pieces of Whittaker’s Marlborough Sea…

Never throw away bread again with these great recipes

New Zealanders waste more bread than any other food item. 20 million loaves of bread end up in our landfills each year. There are many reasons why we waste bread –…