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Is Dunedin Serious About The Climate Emergency?
Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 9:45 am | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
A growing coalition of organisations including the Vegan Society of Aotearoa, the Plant Based Treaty, the Dunedin Ōtepoti Vegan Society and the Animal Save Movement are calling on the Mayor of Dunedin to make his city the first in Aotearoa to endorse ... More >>
The Hunt For The Best Vegan Sausage In Aotearoa Is Underway!
Friday, 19 May 2023, 3:23 pm | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
For the fifth annual Vegan Sausage Awards, a new category of plant-based meat alternatives will be added to the usual sausage categories. The Vegan Society Awards work to reflect the variety and choice available in the plant-based world, here in Aotearoa. It is ... More >>
Vegan Chocolate Award Winners
Tuesday, 25 April 2023, 6:05 pm | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
Judges checking bars The Vegan Society Aotearoa held the second annual Vegan Chocolate Awards on 24th April at Khu Khu Eatery in Auckland. With over 100 different chocolate entries the illustrious judges had a tasty, yet difficult task ahead of them. Chocolate ... More >>
Vegan Chocolate Award Winners
Tuesday, 25 April 2023, 5:34 am | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
The Vegan Society Aotearoa held the second annual Vegan Chocolate Awards on 24th April at Khu Khu Eatery in Auckland. With over 100 different chocolate entries the illustrious judges had a tasty, yet difficult task ahead of them. Chocolate makers ... More >>
Second Annual Vegan Chocolate Awards
Sunday, 23 April 2023, 5:30 pm | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
The Vegan Society Aotearoa is delighted to anounce the second annual Vegan Chocolate Awards. There are so many Kiwi made vegan chocolates available throughout New Zealand, that we felt it was time to offer these awards, to showcase the excellence to be ... More >>
Magnum Almond Is Kiwi Favourite
Tuesday, 28 February 2023, 7:15 pm | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
The fourth annual Dairy Free Awards, which highlight and showcase the best of New Zealand's available plant-based dairy alternatives are announced today. The Awards cover six categories of products: ice cream, milk, cream, desserts, yoghurt and butter, ... More >>
Vegan Pie Awards And Gala Dinner
Tuesday, 25 October 2022, 5:44 am | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
The fifth annual Vegan Pie Awards are ready to roll out on 31st October at the Vegan Society’s Award host The Butcher’s Son. There are a lot of new entrants, keen to try their hands at vegan pie making, spurred on the success of lifetime contributor, ... More >>
Plant-based Price Parity
Monday, 8 August 2022, 6:36 am | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
A Dutch survey found that vegan meat and dairy alternatives were now the same price as traditional meat and dairy products. This was predicted a few years ago and New Zealand is also seeing price parity with vegan and dairy cheese. It is likely that ... More >>
The Solutions To Climate Change Lie With Our Farming
Thursday, 28 July 2022, 6:33 am | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand is handing in a petition to call upon the government to support farmers to transition towards a plant-based economy. It’s happening on Earth Overshoot Day, which is 28th July this year. The petition is calling ... More >>
Vegan Cheese Awards
Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 6:59 am | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
The Vegan Society’s second NZ Vegan Cheese Awards take place on Friday, 22nd July, when the best in Kiwi cheeses will be judged and assessed by the illustrious judges. They are Food and Beverage Industry judge Aaron Pucci, President of NZ Chef Association ... More >>
NZ Ranks 4th Globally For Veganism
Saturday, 4 June 2022, 6:11 am | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
New Zealand is 4th in the world for veganism this year, climbing up from 5th a few years ago. Google Trends indicates that searches for veganism worldwide are slowing down, there was a spike in the popularity of vegan searches in the first quarter ... More >>
Inaugural Vegan Chocolate Winners
Monday, 2 May 2022, 5:22 am | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
The Vegan Society Aotearoa held the first ever Vegan Chocolate Awards on 29th April at The Butcher's Son in Auckland. With over 100 different chocolate entries the illustrious judges had a tasty, yet difficult task ahead of them. Chocolate makers from all over ... More >>
“It's Now Or Never” Says The IPCC
Thursday, 7 April 2022, 9:42 am | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
The latest IPCC Report suggests that if the world is to limit global warming to 1.5°C, humanity must act now, with all countries playing their part. “It’s now or never, if we want to limit global warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F),” said IPCC Working ... More >>
How Vutterly Boring, A Little Island In Raglan
Monday, 28 February 2022, 6:09 am | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
This is the third of the annual Dairy Free Awards, which highlight and showcase the best of New Zealand's available plant-based dairy alternatives. The Awards cover four categories of products, ice cream, milk, yoghurt and butter, all fully plant-based, ... More >>
The Best Vegan Pies Are In!
Monday, 6 December 2021, 7:40 am | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
A recent newcomer to the competition, Wild Grain Bakery of Silverdale, Auckland, won the Supreme Winner Award with their delightful “Triple Berry Spiced Apple” pie, for the second year running. They also came runner up across 4 other categories, ... More >>
Earth Overshoot Day – We Cannot Continue To Borrow From The Future
Thursday, 29 July 2021, 5:51 am | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
It's Earth Overshoot Day again. Two years ago it was 26th July, last year, mostly due to Covid, Earth Overshoot Day was 22nd August, so globally the situation has slightly improved. The first Earth Overshoot Day was 30th December 1970 and they ... More >>
Why Do We Need To Export Dairy?
Tuesday, 6 April 2021, 5:45 am | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
It is well documented that the bulk of our emissions come from the agricultural sector, with our ruminant herds making up the majority of the methane. With Fonterra producing a whopping 20% of the total climate emissions, surely it is time we rethink ... More >>
Winners Announced In The 2021 New Zealand Dairy Free Awards
Tuesday, 9 February 2021, 7:31 am | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
This is the second of the annual Dairy Free Awards, which highlight and showcase the best of New Zealand's available plant-based dairy alternatives. The awards cover six categories of products: ice cream, cheese, milk, yoghurt, chocolate and butter. ... More >>
It's Official - We Have Too Many Cows
Wednesday, 3 February 2021, 7:27 am | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
The draft report from the Climate Change Commission states that we are not on target to meeting our global agreements for reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. It suggests actions that need to take place to put us back on track, with reducing stock numbers ... More >>
Plant Based Predictions For 2021
Monday, 4 January 2021, 12:05 pm | The Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand
With over 440,000 people worldwide signing up to Veganuary, it's clear that the plant-based movement is continuing to skyrocket. Kiwis are as keen as ever to be taking the vegan challenge, finding many of their traditional favourites existing ... More >>
