AFRA members
in the news

We are really proud to see our members and strategic partners in the news.

Mark Barthel “Wasting no time”

Food & Drink Business; June 2022

You name it, they grew it: produce operation for sale

from Otago Daily Times; 23 July 2022

Just Zilch managing director Rebecca Culver addresses assumptions about the food rescuer

from Manawatu Guardian; 21 July 2022

KaiGo lifts off

from The Weekend Sun; 22 July 2022

Bringing sustainable food to the Wellington On a Plate table

from Stuff.co.nz; 23 July 2022.

Food waste no more: ‘Good Neighbours’ putting our leftovers to good use

Tova! 22 July 2022.

Breakfast – Kiwis waste about $3.1 billion in food each year

from TVNZ; 23 June 2022

Co-ordinating citrus surplus to get to those in need

from Radio NZ; 26 July 2022

Sunday Blessings delivers petition to Parliament

from Parliament NZ website; 17 May 2022

Naked Locals celebrates local heroes with new Fair Food soup

from FMCG Business; 9 June 2022

No food left behind: A day out with KiwiHarvest

Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor; 31 May 2022

Hawke’s Bay charity saves tonnes of food from landfill

Radio New Zealand; 10 June 2022

North Canterbury food rescue project helping locals get through the cost of living crisis

from Newshub; 29 May 2022

Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor visits Waiheke Resources Trust

YouTube; 21 June 2022

Kai Hub aims for food resilience in Whanganui

from Whanganui Chronicle; 26 July 2022

KaiGo lifts off

from The Weekend Sun; 22July 2022

Kiwi Community Assistance wins at the Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards

Iain Lees-Galloway joins the AFRA team!

AFRA website; Our Team

Reducing Food Waste Through Food Rescue

Revolve Magazine; June 2022.

A Social Solution to Food Waste – Gareth Hughes on the Waste Not Want Not podcast

Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor visits Waiheke Resources Trust

Hawke’s Bay charity saves tonnes of food from landfill

RNZ; 10 June 2022

No food left behind: A day out with KiwiHarvest

OPMCSA; 31 May 2022

North Canterbury food rescue project helping locals get through the cost of living crisis

Newshub; 29 May 2022

Redistributing supermarket food to those in need

from The Project; 9 June 2021

Inflation and food waste: How do the two go together?

1 News; 31 May 2022

Toni from Fair Food talks with Fair Go about Best-Before Dates

Fair Go; 8 November 2021

Spokesperson for AFRA Gareth Hughes joins us on Pacific Days for more on the work of AFRA.

Pacific Media Network; 15 September 2021

Gareth Hughes joins panel on organic materials at WasteMINZ Conference

from WasteMINZ Conference May 2022; panel starts at 24.33

Food rescue feeds the hungry and cuts greenhouse gas emissions

from Stuff.co.nz; 25 May 2022

Piggy in the middle: How supermarkets became the all-powerful food gods

from Stuff.co.nz; 22 May 2022.

Deborah Manning – Fighting food waste

Radio New Zealand, 9:40 am on 26 October 2019.

Food rescue groups divert 24 million meals from waste to plate around the country

from Stuff.co.nz; 1 September 2021

Isolating families struggling to access food

Features Auckland City Mission, from NZ Herald; 25 August 2021

Kai Consciousness: A Love (food) Story

Features Kai Consciousness, from youtube.com; 24 August 2021

Cancelled conference sees lobster on the menu in Nelson

Features Kai Rescue, from One News; 21 August 2021

Charities urge businesses to donate food amid skyrocketing need during lockdown

Features Auckland City Mission and KiwiHarvest, from Newshub; 21 August 2021

The New Zealand Food Network calls for food surplus to be donated to those in need

Features NZFN, from Waatea News; 20 August 2021

Peter Gordon partners with Kiwi Harvest as new ambassador

Features KiwiHarvest, on fuseworkmedia.com, 19 August 2021

Covid 19: Kaivolution up for the challenge to rescue and redistribute food during alert level 4

Features Kaivolution, on stuff.co.nz, 19 August 2021

Are there any weak links in New Zealand’s food chain?

Features Fair Food, from The Spinoff; 4 August 2021