Beer
France's Malteurop is shutting the Marton malthouse that has supplied around 70% of New Zealand's malt since 1979. Where our beer actually comes from, starting with the number almost every report has misread.
food security
In 2015 NZ committed to building resilient food systems and protecting domestic food production. Four years from that deadline, food insecurity is at a ten-year high, our processing infrastructure is collapsing, and cheap imports are filling the gap — for now.
food security
The counterargument to everything this series has argued is real — NZ is a high-cost producer and imports reflect that. But it assumes stable shipping, stable trade, and stable geopolitics. None of those assumptions are performing well right now.
Food System
Hawke's Bay orchardists are pulling peach trees out of the ground after Wattie's cut their contracts. Behind it: Chinese dumping, Kraft Heinz's global logic, a trade relationship NZ can't afford to challenge, and what happens when food processing infrastructure disappears for good.
food security
Wattie's and McCain are closing. Marsden Point is rubble. The trams are gone. New Zealand keeps dismantling what works — and calling the rebuild progress. This needs to stop.
Food System
Wattie's has said "NZ's Favourite" since 1934. The company behind it has been American since 1992. This is the story of how brand trust gets bought, transferred and quietly spent — and why your KiwiSaver might be funding the whole thing.
organic certification
New Zealand exports its premium food to the world and imports cheaper alternatives to fill the gap. Underneath that paradox sit several interconnected debates — the GE Technology Bill, glyphosate residues, imported food standards, and what organic certification can and can't protect.
food system infrastructure
When the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed in March, it didn't just disrupt oil. A third of the world's fertiliser trade moved through that channel. NZ farming is feeling it.
New Zealand food system
New Zealanders assume the frozen vegetables in the supermarket are still mostly local and trustworthy. But as local processing disappears, that choice is quietly being made for us.
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Organic Farming New Zealand
This webinar explored collaboration, grower pay, food access, and why the future of organic and regenerative farming in NZ may depend on reshaping the wider food system, not just expanding a niche.
