High-Value Nutriton Ko Ngā Kai Whai Painga supports a range of events, conferences and workshops to grow the high-value foods eco-system. Stay in touch with what’s happening.
HVN Challenge Updates
Meri Kirihimete from HVN
Kia ora koutou katoa As we wind down 2020 reflecting on the ‘year that was’ brings forth a mixture of thoughts and emotions. However, I think we all share pride in New Zealand, and in the science system that has helped guide us throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. The...
New HVN PhD Scholarship
We have a new HVN PhD scholarship. Georgia McLellan is a PhD student from the University of Auckland and has received funding from HVN to explore how novel Māori food / nutrition economies develop in Aotearoa New Zealand, including historical and contemporary...
Read our December 2020 newsletter and a message from our Board Chair, Bob Major
Read our HNV December newsletter and a message from our HVN Board Chair - Bob Major Bob Major: "The Covid-19 pandemic that has dominated the last 12 months has changed all our lives in many different ways, and we who are engaged in the High-Value Nutrition (HVN)...
FlavoPlus: a Riddet Institute functional food innovation
Riddet Institute scientists have recently invented a new technology to manufacture a composite ingredient called FlavoPlus™. This ingredient can be incorporated into functional food products to increase their flavonoid content. National Science Challenge HVN Science...
HVN Events
HVN SLT member Professor Clare Wall recently gave her inaugural lecture
On Wednesday 2 December HVN Science Leadership Team member Professor Clare Wall gave her inaugural lecture at the University of Auckland titled ‘The accidental academic’. Clare shared with the audience her career journey, where she started as a clinical dietician...
Free Online Seminar – Immune Enhancing Foods in the face of Covid-19
The Riddet Institute-led High-Value Nutrition Science of Food programme is hosting a free online seminar to support high-value nutrition export success. Listen to Dr Peter Brown (Consultant IP Synergy), Dr Olivier Gasser (Immunologist, Malaghan Institute) and...
Watch the webinar about the impact of Covid-19 on Chinese consumer attitudes to health and diet
Plant & Food Research, on behalf of HVN, recently presented a live Zoom webinar about their latest consumer insights. In March 2019 an on-line study was commissioned across China to quantify learnings from previous qualitative HVN studies, relating to infant,...
Reminder: Register for the HVN Consumer Insights webinar
Plant & Food Research on behalf of HVN are hosting another live Zoom webinar – The impact of Covid-19 on Chinese consumer attitudes to health and diet. Live Zoom Webinar | Tuesday 20 October 2020 | 11:00am In March 2019 an on-line study was commissioned across...
Congratulations to the 2020 Eureka! Award winners
HVN was impressed with the calibre of finalists at the 2020 Sir Paul Callaghan Eureka! Awards at a gala dinner held in the Grand Hall at Parliament. Congratulations to all the finalists and award winners! HVN would particularly like to acknowledge Robbie Marris,...
Invitation to High-Value Nutrition Consumer Insights webinar
Plant & Food Research on behalf of HVN are hosting another live Zoom webinar - The impact of Covid-19 on Chinese consumer attitudes to health and diet. Live Zoom Webinar | Tuesday 20 October 2020 | 11:00am In March 2019 an on-line study was commissioned across...
Watch the judges question the 2020 Eureka! Finalists
High-Value Nutrition is proud to sponsor the 2020 Sir Paul Callaghan Eureka! Awards. For these awards year 11-13 students and tertiary students deliver 12-minute presentations about how an application of science or technology will benefit Aotearoa New Zealand....
Reminder: Professor Richard Mithen’s inaugural lecture is on 13 October
HVN's Chief Scientist Professor Richard Mithen will be giving his inaugural lecture on Tuesday 13 October and he will share stories from his career and reflect on some of the challenging issues that we are facing today in food and health research. Tall Nettles:...
HVN Chief Scientist’s Inaugural Lecture
Our very own HVN Chief Scientist Professor Richard Mithen will be giving his (rescheduled) inaugural lecture on Tuesday 13 October and he will share stories from his career and reflect on some of the challenging issues that we are facing today in food and health...
Invitation – High-Value Nutrition Consumer Insights webinar series
Plant & Food Research on behalf of the High-Value Nutrition National Science Challenge, would like to invite you to join us in a series of short virtual presentations to hear the latest consumer insights coming out of the HVN Challenge. Registration is required...