Food prices showed no overall change in January 2012, but were up 1.0 percent on a year earlier, Statistics New Zealand said today.

With the start of the school year just around the corner, 5+ A Day has fun fresh ideas to get Mums and Dads thinking outside the square when it comes to the kids' lunches.

True South Dining Room's Executive Chef Ben Batterbury has been selected as an Ambassador Chef in the 2012 Beef & Lamb Excellence Awards - a first for the tourism capital of Queenstown.

Three years ago I signed up with Voxy to write travel stories. Ha, two and a half years and two kids later - there ain' t much travel been going on. So breaking with convention I have decided to write about whats going on in my life - that is being an 'un-yummy mummy'. 

Green Party Primary Production spokesperson Steffan Browning questions the wisdom of the current version of the Food Bill.

Food prices rose 0.2 percent in December 2011, Statistics New Zealand said today. Higher prices for fruit and vegetables (up 2.5 percent) and meat, poultry, and fish (up 1.2 percent) countered a fall for non- alcoholic beverages (down 2.5 percent).

By Kate Wilkinson

The Government's proposed Food Bill sets out to replace existing outdated food safety regulations, simplify processes and ultimately ensure the food people buy is safe to eat.

Labour is seeking clarification from the National Government over the implications of its wide reaching food safety bill, Labour Primary Industries spokesman Damien O'Connor says.

The 2012 Auckland Seafood Festival will be held on the 28th, 29th & 30th January 2012 at Wynyard Quarter.

Adding gold kiwifruit to your diet may lead to less suffering from symptoms of common illnesses such as colds, research suggests.