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Thursday 23 July 2026

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Perspectives: Craving something for dinner? Your mind may be ‘tasting’ food before you eat it 29th June 2026

Perspectives: Craving something for dinner? Your mind may be ‘tasting’ food before you eat it

Understanding how hunger and mental imagery work together may help us better recognise the forces influencing our food choices, new University of Otago research shows.


Perspectives: Would you buy milk from a gene‑edited cow? Consumers may be more open than you think 15th June 2026 /

Perspectives: Would you buy milk from a gene‑edited cow? Consumers may be more open than you think

Gene-edited foods may succeed gradually earning consumer trust through clear benefits, affordability and transparent messaging from producers, according to new research.


Perspectives: Supermarkets are going back to the future 10th June 2026 /

Perspectives: Supermarkets are going back to the future

Supermarket shopping is moving from large format stores to online shopping, dark stores and AI chatbots. What comes next?


Perspectives: GLP-1 and longevity noise remains yet affordable nutrition is challenge – FFA 20th May 2026 /

Perspectives: GLP-1 and longevity noise remains yet affordable nutrition is challenge – FFA

GLP-1 and longevity noise remains yet affordable nutrition is the central, unresolved challenge


Perspectives: Imported butter and social licence – Simplicity’s Shamubeel Eaqub 6th May 2026 /

Perspectives: Imported butter and social licence – Simplicity’s Shamubeel Eaqub

Imported butter is now cheaper than New Zealand exports. Is this a relief to shoppers and a risk to farmers’ social licence, asks Simplicity’s Shamubeel Eaqub.


Perspectives: How unhealthy UPFs are designed and marketed to make us crave them 4th May 2026 /

Perspectives: How unhealthy UPFs are designed and marketed to make us crave them

UPF companies combine a range of tactics to drive up consumption, exploiting the ways we think, feel and behave, according to new research out of the University of Auckland.


Perspectives: What we lose when artificial intelligence does our shopping 28th April 2026 /

Perspectives: What we lose when artificial intelligence does our shopping

What we lose when artificial intelligence does our shopping, according to Victoria University’s Samuel Becher and University at Buffalo’s Mark Bartholomew.


Perspectives: How court cases against Woolworths and Coles could change the future of shopping in Australia 23rd April 2026 / /

Perspectives: How court cases against Woolworths and Coles could change the future of shopping in Australia

The Woolworths and Coles court cases could effectively set the rules for what “truth in advertising” means for every retailer in Australia, says law professor Jeannie Marie Paterson.


Perspectives: The Middle East crisis has exposed NZ to a global fertiliser shock. Where is its plan? 20th April 2026 /

Perspectives: The Middle East crisis has exposed NZ to a global fertiliser shock. Where is its plan?

The Middle East war and major exporters’ trade restrictions are the latest warning in a long line. Will NZ act this time or simply waits for the next costly crisis, asks Otago University’s Murat Ungor.


Perspectives: Iran War set to deliver higher inflation and interest rates despite weaker economy – Infometrics 17th April 2026 /

Perspectives: Iran War set to deliver higher inflation and interest rates despite weaker economy – Infometrics

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Perspectives: NZ’s brand a strategic asset in trust-deficit world – David Downs 14th April 2026 /

Perspectives: NZ’s brand a strategic asset in trust-deficit world – David Downs

NZ Story’s outgoing CEO makes the case for the agency’s work, and why he remains optimistic for what comes next, despite the global uncertainty.


Perspectives: The domino effect of the Hormuz closure and global food supply 9th April 2026 /

Perspectives: The domino effect of the Hormuz closure and global food supply

Hormuz closure threatens the global food supply – why grocery price hikes are coming, according to Florida-based international business professor, Aya S. Chacar.