Butcher
Supreme bacon brings home supreme prize for Hawke's Bay butcher
Wild Game owners Jordan and Varnnah Hamilton-Bicknell were named Supreme Winner in both the bacon and the ham categories of the 100% New Zealand Bacon & Ham Awards. Audio
Putting a steak in the ground with heritage breed
Best of 2022 - Two brothers have combined their skills to launch a paddock-to-plate business selling purebred Galloway meat products. Audio
Why stand alone butchers are disappearing
A lot has been spoken about the demise of the local butcher. But one Blenheim butcher says his business is booming. Mike Newman from Meaters of Marlborough talks to Jesse. Audio
Calling Home: Jackie Miller in Liguria, Italy
Jackie Miller is from Auckland's North Shore originally. She was a self-described 'city girl' before heading to Italy on something of a whim five years ago. Now she runs bespoke tours in the Liguria… Audio
I Didn't Know That - A fresh spin on the Christmas roast
Greg Egerton is the New Zealand butcher of the year. He's recently opened his own butchery, Prices Street Butcher and Kitchen and this week he's been so flat out, he's pretty much sold out! And he… Audio
Calling Home: Jamie Scott in Edmonton
Former Christchurch printing industry employee Jamie Scott is known as 'The Pie Man' for a good reason. The Edmonton-based father of two is the founder of the South Island Pie Co. Audio
Pleased to meat you
Farming couple Duncan Smith and Annabel Tapley-Smith took over the butcher's shop in the central Hawkes Bay town of Waipawa this July. They're selling beef and lamb from their farm just down the road… Audio
Meat Bryan Harris
A love of meat runs in the Harris family. The family opened its first butchery in Cheviot, North Canterbury 60 years ago. These days Harris Meats is an independent abattoir and meat processing… Audio
From Hoof to Plate - Bycroft Artisan Meats
Chris Carthy was twelve when he first worked as a scrubber in Taggarts Butchery in Christchurch. He went on to do his apprenticeship there too but since then he's travelled the world as a roadie… Audio
Making Bacon
In 2014 Havoc Pork moved its processing operation from Waimate, where the Havoc farm runs 800 free-range pigs, to Dunedin when Cain Lindegreen took over the family business from his mother Linda… Audio
Taupo Beef
Mike and Sharon Barton farm near Lake Taupo. Like many in region they've had to adjust to farming under a nitrogen cap which means they can't cover rising costs simply by intensifying production… Audio