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Back in the 1870s, a Chinese immigrant named Chew Chong was foraging black fungi in Taranaki and shipping them by the tonne to China. (Depiction shown below) The fungus? Hakeke. Known to the rest of the world as Woodear mushroom. Today, more than a century later, New Zealand’s long-forgotten export hero is suddenly back in fashion, everywhere but in the Land of the Long White Cloud.

New Zealand’s next-gen meat future just scored a power-up and this time, it’s women calling the shots. Auckland-based biotech startup Opo Bio, founded by Forbes 30 Under 30 2024 honouree Olivia Ogilvie and University of Auckland scientist Laura Domigan, has secured funding from Epic Angels, Asia Pacific’s largest female-only angel investor collective.

Here’s a sentence we haven’t said in years: New Zealand just made a smart, future-focused science move. And it could actually pay off with huge bioeconomy returns.

Bean Supreme, one of New Zealand’s longest-standing plant-based pioneers, has officially thrown in the (soy-based) towel. Owner, Life Health Foods has confirmed production is winding down and the brand’s burgers, bangers and beloved mince will disappear from supermarket shelves by July.

What if New Zealand could out-milk the cow without a single udder in sight? That’s the promise Daisy Lab's just dropped, successfully pumping out multiple grams per litre of bioidentical bovine lactoferrin using nothing but yeast and a bit of fermentation finesse.

While the New Zealand economy takes a hammering and export sectors search for footing, the horticulture industry has quietly strapped on a jetpack and Auckland Airport is feeling the blast.

Off-Piste Provisions, one of New Zealand’s most daring plant-based ventures, has announced it’s pulling its signature meat-free jerky from s

What do you get when a bunch of surf-town mycophiles decide to take on the billion-dollar brain game? You get MYND, a bold, homegrown foray into the turbo-charged world of nootropics, straight out of Raglan, New Zealand.

While the US flexes its economic biceps with another round of tariffs on Chinese goods, on the ground in China, no one’s reaching for Americ

While New Zealand’s autumn rain has ghosted veggie patches, leaving soils cracked and farmers cranky, one produce box biz is thriving off th

If you've been scooping up cauliflower ice cream and telling yourself it's the future, you’re not wrong - you’re just about to be a few thou

Something wild just happened in San Francisco - New Zealand’s foodtech scene finally got the global nod it deserves. For the second year run