Webinar Series
Vote for Kai Webinar # 3 ~
Food & Its relationship with Te Taiao / Our Environment
Link to view the webinar here.
Hosted by Angela Clifford (CE of Eat New Zealand) she was be joined by:
Dr Jessica Hutchings - Papawhakaritorito Trust
(Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Huirapa, Gujarati) Jessica is nationally and internationally recognised as a leader and researcher in Indigenous food systems and Māori food and soil sovereignty, she is a founding Trustee of the Papawhakaritorito Charitable Trust that works to uplift Indigenous seed, soil and food sovereignty and Hua Parakore (Māori organics) through research, development and community practice. She lives on 12 acres and is a Hua Parakore verified family food grower. She has been a member of Te Waka Kai Ora - the Māori Organics Authority for the last two decades.
Nadine Nagel - Envirostrat
Nadine is a Climate and Nature Consultant at EnviroStrat, a boutique natural resource management consultancy based in Auckland. Originally from Germany, she completed a degree in Food Chain Management and is currently pursuing a Master's in Sustainable Transition focusing on Food Systems. Her work has spanned tackling hospitality food waste at Foodprint to advising companies on emissions accounting and reduction at Toitū Envirocare. She is passionate about the intersection of food and the natural environment, believing that rethinking our food systems can unlock significant benefits for Te Taiao.
Katie Goodwin - Legasea
Katie is a qualified marine scientist and works alongside LegaSea, a not-for-profit organisation aiming to restore New Zealand's coastal fisheries. She is part of LegaSea’s communications and public awareness team, advocating for more fish in the water and a fair go for future generations. Katie will be discussing some of the important issues facing New Zealand’s fisheries and what needs to change to ensure healthy, abundant kaimoana remains part of our food story for our tamariki and mokopuna.
Link to view the webinar.
Vote for Kai Webinar # 2 ~
The Opportunity for Food Security in Aotearoa
Link to view the webinar here.
Hosted by Angela Clifford (CE of Eat New Zealand) she was joined by:
Tric Malcom - Kore Hiakai Zero Hunger Collective
Kore Hiakai Zero Hunger Collective strives to work for an Aotearoa New Zealand where everyone has access to enough good kai to thrive. It will take collaboration from across our food and decision-making systems to realise this. Tric Malcolm has the privilege of being the Pou Ārahi of Kore Hiakai - a collection of individuals, organisations & business committed to working on this kaupapa together.
Delphina Soti - Vinnies Tāmaki Makaurau
As General Manager of Vinnies Tāmaki Makaurau she leads Auckland's Society of St Vincent de Paul foodbank. Drawing on her Samoan heritage of service, she supports thousands of whānau facing food insecurity across the city each year. She is a prominent community leader, health advocate, and practicing psychotherapist.
Antony Deaker - Good Food Dunedin
Antony is Enterprise Dunedin’s Economic Development Team Leader, part of this role includes Good Food Dunedin. As a Dunedin City Council-led initiative it brings together individuals, communities, organisations and businesses around a shared vision: transforming Dunedin into a thriving, sustainable food city.
Vote for Kai Webinar # 1 ~
School Lunches & Local Food Systems
Link to view the webinar here.
Hosted by Angela Clifford - CE of Eat New Zealand, she was joined by:
Dr. Kelly Garton - INFORMAS (International Network for Food environments Research, Monitoring and Action Support)
Dr. Garton is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Auckland’s School of Population Health, where she studies transitions to healthy and sustainable food environments and food systems. Her research blends political economy analysis with complex systems approaches, focusing in particular on the global dynamics of trade and investment in food systems. She also conducts research monitoring the healthiness of food environments in Aotearoa New Zealand, providing evidence-based policy recommendations to improve population health and policy coherence with economic development and environmental sustainability objectives. She focuses in particular on children’s exposure to unhealthy food and beverage marketing (primarily in digital media, neighbourhood access to healthy food outlets, and school food provision (assessing the impacts and wider potential of the Ka Ora, Ka Ako | Healthy School Lunch Programme).
Leah Galvin - Good Food Purchasing Australia
Leah Galvin is a Churchill Fellow with a background in public health nutrition. For the last 25 years Leah has worked in various settings, including state and local government, the not-for-profit sector and as a freelance consultant delivering projects and campaigns to reduce barriers preventing eaters from enjoying tasty seasonal food. In 2019 she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to investigate approaches used by business and government to increase institutional procurement of locally produced food. For her 2022 fellowship trip she travelled to 7 countries. Her interest in institutional food procurement is driven by a desire to pull the biggest levers that can re-localise, reduce emissions, strengthen livelihoods and build resilience in food systems in Australia. She works part time for Good Food Purchasing Australia a new action-oriented initiative that resulted from the April 2026 release of their Transforming the Public Plate report. She lives in Nipaluna/Hobart in Lutriwita/Tasmania.
