Photo / RNZ, Vinay RanchhodBy Farah Hancock for RNZPeople are going hungry even though New Zealand produces enough food to feed 40 million - and it's spurring calls for the country to "feed the five million first". About 7 per cent of New Zealanders experience severe food insecurity, meaning they run out of food and go without for a day or more. For a long time it was mostly beneficiaries who experienced food insecurity but that had changed, Graham said. New Zealand food exports made the country $46.6b in the 12 months to February and that scale of food production complicated matters, he said. It crosses almost every ministerial portfolio - there's 31 primary agencies in government with a role in the food system."

Source: New Zealand Herald July 20, 2021 20:26 UTC