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While there was good news on the trade agreement and tariff front as 2025 drew to an end the first few weeks of 2026 have already demonstrated the unpredictable nature. Perhaps “crosswinds” is the better term to describe the billowing uncertainty, demanding agility and grit as we navigate what’s ahead.

The first, and probably most anticipated decision in food labelling regulation for 2026 is expected when Australian and New Zealand Food Ministers meet in February to decide whether our front of pack labelling system, Health Star Rating (HSR), should be mandated or not. It has long been signalled that...

Watch now to hear from the leaders and companies driving progress across Aotearoa’s food and beverage landscape.

To support suppliers, the NZFGC is refreshing its training programme in partnership with leading FMCG consultancy NextGen Group.

The New Zealand Food & Grocery Council launched a Plastic Packaging consumption survey in 2020, managed by Dynata as an independent data collector. Dynata aggregates responses and provides the data for analysis and reporting. Grocery sector data from the 2022 survey supported Valpak's plastic packaging flows report for the Plastic Packaging Product Stewardship Scheme design project. The questionnaire, refined with input from Plastics NZ and The Packaging Forum, has remained