I had a good look through the local media today looking for more information on this, and for most part the appointment seems to have gone almost without notice.

But I did find a piece of video from a current affairs show that comes across as a bit fluffy, but here it is anyway (assuming non-Kiwis are able to watch it?):

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new...o=5395107578001

I'm a fan of Grant Schofield and have been ever since I bought What The Fat, the book he wrote with Caryn Zinn. It's basically the NZ based equivalent of Tim Noakes' Real Meal Revolution, but that's obviously no bad thing.

This appointment will no doubt ruffle a few traditionalist feathers around the place; it'll be interesting to see which other "experts" stick their neck out over this.