Year of the Rabbit 2023

新年快乐 (xīnnián kuàilè) Happy New Year!

Wishing you all great happiness and prosperity at this time of the Lunar New Year.

2023 is The Year of the Rabbit and given our focus this year on biodiversity, it seemed a unique opportunity to talk about the rabbit and the role it plays in the food system of Aotearoa. If you haven’t tried wild rabbit before perhaps this will offer the encouragement to do so. Perhaps it will make you think about the role our wild pests play and their connection to our food culture.

Our Kaitaki have been contributing to this thinking on our Substack, so hop 🙄 on over and have a read.

We hope the transition back to work and study has been painless, and that you’re finding plenty of moments to enjoy any available sunshine.

万事如意 (wànshì rúyì) Best wishes,

Angela Clifford, CE Eat New Zealand.

@eat.newzealand

#KnowYourFarmer #KnowYourFisher #EatNZGrains #GrowFoodCommunities #EatNZKaitaki #RepurposeTheSurplus #LotOfLittle #Biodiversity

Take me to the #EatNZKaitaki Rabbit Stories

Kaitaki celebrate Lunar New Year

Aotearoa featured in NY Times

There was a great article in the New York Times this week, featuring some stand-out New Zealand food experiences from across the South Island. It's amazing to see more of these international publications making their way to Aotearoa to experience our rich food and wine regions and to shine a light on some of our unique kai stories.

Journalist Tom Downey made his way from Marlborough to Kaikōura, dining at Black Estate in North Canterbury, and spending an evening with Eat NZ Founder and Chef Giulio Sturla at MAPU in Lyttelton. Check out an excerpt from the article below, or read the full piece here.