Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

The soaring cost of living is pushing every one of us to reconsider which groceries remain a priority.  For some, this may mean going without limes in their evening cocktails, but for many, the reality is that fresh fruit, vegetables and many forms of meat are no longer affordable for each and every meal.   Adjusting one's intake of the aforementioned will undoubtedly have a negative effect on people's health in time to come.   Proof of that can already be seen along with other socioeconomic impacts in areas of the country where people never been able to afford a consistently high standard of food.  Many are now buying chooks and learning the finer points of animal husbandry in order to avoid the soaring cost of eggs from supermarkets and other purveyors of these omelette essentials.   The move makes a lot of sense - but knowing about your councils' bylaws regarding how our fickle, feathered, fowl friends can be kept is also a major consideration.  The last thing you want is your neighbour running foul to the