New ZealandOur hungry kids: Food entices children to attend school - parentA parent in a low decile school sums up the impact of school food programmes for children in three words: "They love school."27 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandOur hungry kids: Whanau helps put kai on tableSharing food across the wider whanau is the only way Papakura's Peawini family keeps food on the table.26 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandOur hungry kids: 130 sponsors sign up to feed childrenMore than 100 Herald readers have signed up to pay $15 a month to sponsor hungry children in response to this week's campaign on the issue.26 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandOur hungry kids: Food at bottom of list for somePoorer families are cutting out meat and vegetables to keep up repayments to finance companies, budgeters say.26 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandFast food turns Golden Mile into Queen sized StQueen St is turning into a strip of fast-food outlets, despite the best efforts of city planners.17 Jul 05:30 PM
LifestyleAdvice to drink more water dismissedThe idea that we are short of water comes from a guideline in 1945 that adults should drink 2.5 litres every day.15 Jul 02:00 AM
LifestyleWendyl Wants to Know: Artificial sweetener leaves a sour tasteEach week, Wendyl Nissen takes a packaged food item and decodes what the label tells you about its contents.01 Jul 05:30 PM
New ZealandNZ's soaring diabetes rate puts us with world's worstScientists blame the increase on the spread of a Western-style diet, leading to rising levels of obesity.26 Jun 05:30 PM
LifestyleWendyl Wants to Know: Buttery smell... but where's the butter?Each week, Wendyl Nissen takes a packaged food item and decodes what the label tells you about its contents.<p>24 Jun 10:51 PM
LifestyleDelizioso! How pasta became the world's favourite foodPasta has conquered plates and bowls as the world's favourite food.16 Jun 12:00 AM
LifestyleClaire Gourley: Teens in the kitchenClaire Gourley, the author of <i>Who's Cooking Tonight?</i> says: "I love food but I'm always busy with friends, school and sport and don't have much time to spend cooking. But that doesn't mean I want to settle for average food ... "12 Jun 05:30 PM
LifestyleBite club: What's eating you?Shelley Bridgeman asks six women and men to tell us what they eat in a typical day - from the multisport athlete who trains 20 hours a week to the lap-band surgery patient who can't eat more than a cup and a half of food at a time.08 Jun 05:30 PM
LifestylePersonal trainer lands himself in plus-sized stewA high-profile personal trainer inflames the plus-size model debate, saying he wouldn't trust one to save him in a fire.28 May 05:30 PM
New ZealandKFC's Double Down certainly isn't health food, but what a taste...It's low in carbohydrates due to a lack of bread, and while the Double Down might trigger the taste buds...09 May 05:30 PM
New ZealandEating alone is turning kids fatChildren who have meals with their families are less likely to be fat than those who eat alone, research has found.07 May 05:30 PM
