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Supreme bacon brings home supreme prize for Hawke's Bay butcher

11 Aug 2023

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

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Allyson Gofton on the changing face of Christmas eating

19 Dec 2021

Christmas Day is a time of tradition for a lot of people, but that sense of tradition doesn't always extend to the dinner table. Indeed, more and more people are shunning the season's traditional fare… Audio

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Vanessa Baxter's top Christmas tips

22 Dec 2019

A new survey shows that lamb has moved ahead of ham as New Zealanders' favourite meat choice on Christmas Day. The poll had lamb closely followed by traditional favourite ham and with beef a very… Audio, Gallery

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Christmas ham

15 Dec 2016

There is a knack to carving your Christmas ham. Audio

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NZ Pork Awards

19 Aug 2016

NZ's premiere pork competition held its annual awards dinner last month. The 100% NZ Pork awards aim to celebrate top class bacon, ham and pork products .This year there were around 200 entries from… Audio, Gallery

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Making Bacon

18 Dec 2015

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

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Some Premier Beehive is recalled

9 Dec 2015

Premier Beehive ham is being recalled because of fears it may contain listeria. Audio

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Bacon kills?

31 Oct 2015

Could eating too much bacon kill you? Sarah Boseley, the health editor of the Guardian, has been following the story in Europe and the US. Also Professor Ian Shaw of The University of Canterbury has… Audio

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