06 Jan Food insecurity: you are what you can afford to eat
Poverty and food insecurity often go hand in hand with obesity, a result of people eating food high in calories but low in nutrients, Read article ...
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16 Nov Whakarongo ki te kōrero whānau katoa o te rangatiratanga – Listening to the hopes and dreams of our people
Auckland City Mission research has found that aspirations of people experiencing food insecurity align with the wider population's sociocultural ideas for wellness. The most common goal or dream is a longing for stable and fulfilling employment.Many people experiencing food insecurity simply aspire to have sufficient...
30 Jul Kore Hiakai Zero Hunger Collective
The Kore Hiakai Zero Hunger Collective is made up of a group of social service organisations who are working together to eliminate food insecurity in Aotearoa New Zealand. This collective supports the work of over 200 community food organisations across New Zealand, while also undertaking the...
25 May Global Nutrition Report May 2020
The 2020 Global Nutrition Report calls on governments, businesses and civil society to step up efforts to address malnutrition in all its forms and tackle injustices in food and health systems. This report looks beyond global and national patterns, revealing significant inequalities in nutrition outcomes within countries...
04 May Kai and COVID-19
Dr Geoff Kira says' there are a few ways in which we can improve the situation for whānau during the COVID-19 pandemic and they all just happen to celebrate our culture.'...
25 Nov Aotearoa, land of the long wide bare cupboard/Food insecurity in New Zealand
The Child Poverty Action Group have recently released a report called 'Aotearoa, land of the long wide bare cupboard/Food insecurity in New Zealand'.It is set out in seven parts:1: Fat, famished or starved in a land of plenty?, by Professor Elaine Rush.2: Living with hunger: How families...
14 Nov Waste Not, Want Not: Food Insecurity in Wairarapa
Despite the perceived abundance of food in New Zealand (Fitzgerald, Norton and Stephenson, 2016; Stevenson, 2013), various regions are currently experiencing surprising levels of food insecurity (Bowers et al., 2009). This research report defines what food insecurity is and establishes if access to food is...