Easter Guide 2024
MARCH 11, 2024
How to find Easter treats produced with child- and slave-labour free cocoa
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Christmas 2023: Chocolate Gifts
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Chocolates, chocolate biscuit sampler boxes etc. made with child labour free cocoa
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Dreaming of a Slave-Free Christmas?
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Slave labour's used in the supply chains of lots of Christmas treats: here's how to make sure your festive food is slave free!
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Printable Christmas flyers 2023
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Flyers to print for you church, group or whānau
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2023 Chocolate Advent calendars
NOVEMBER 16, 2023
Chocolate Christmas countdown calendars made with certified child labour free cocoa
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So many new child-labour-free chocolate products!!
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
New chocolate sweets, blocks and bars, including a couple of sugar-free options!
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Time for a cuppa? Slave free hot drinks, biscuits and cordial
OCTOBER 28, 2023
We have a new guide, providing advice on slave-free options for your morning or afternoon tea.
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Slave-Free Home-Cooked Thai Food
JUNE 08, 2023
How we're continuing to cook Thai food, whilst replacing ingredients at high risk of slave labour
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Just Kai has a new cocoa guide - and we've got new slave-free recommendations!
MAY 24, 2023
Just Kai's new guide to slave free cocoa and chocolate products is now out.
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Looking for child-labour-free Easter chocolate?
MARCH 20, 2023
Quick pointers on what to buy and where to find it. There's something for everyone!
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Just Kai Easter list 2023
MARCH 19, 2023
Our full list of Easter chocolate treats produced with child- and slave-labour free cocoa
Read MoreMake marshmallow Easter eggs with your group!
MARCH 15, 2023
A guide to making slave-free Easter eggs with a large group of people
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Dreaming of a Slave-Free Christmas?
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Slave labour's used in the supply chains of lots of Christmas treats: here's how to make sure your festive food is slave free!
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Heather's November Newsletter
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Our Christmas recommendations are out! Looking forward to seeing you at the Devonport Ethical Christmas Market :-)
Read MoreChristmas 2022: Chocolate Gifts
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
Chocolates, chocolate biscuit sampler boxes etc. made with child labour free cocoa
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Advent 2022: slave free chocolate calendars
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Chocolate advent calendars made with cocoa produced without slave labour.
Read MoreYour morning coffee - does it keep the growers going, too?
NOVEMBER 01, 2022
Coffee farmers often barely earn enough to get by - how are the people who grew your coffee getting on?
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Heather's October Update
OCTOBER 29, 2022
Coffee research complete, plans for Christmas and more!
Read MoreThe Justice Conference 2022
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
A great opportunity to spread the word about slave free food
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Help end child labour in the cocoa industry!
JUNE 04, 2022
Write to your favourite chocolate companies for World Day Against Child Labour
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A quick guide to submitting on the proposed Modern Slavery legislation
MAY 17, 2022
Learn what it’s about and what difference you can make
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Just Kai Easter list 2022
MARCH 30, 2022
Easter treats produced with child- and slave-labour free cocoa
Read MoreCan affordable chocolate be ethical?
MARCH 06, 2022
We're delighted to say the answer is yes!
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Keeping cool, slave-free!
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Ice blocks, ice creams and soft drinks with slave free supply chains
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The Just Kai guide to buying ethical chocolate
DECEMBER 18, 2021
How to know your chocolate is slave-free.
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Christmas 2021: Chocolate gifts
DECEMBER 01, 2021
Chocolates, chocolate biscuit sampler boxes etc. made with child labour free cocoa
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Dreaming of a slave-free Christmas?
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
Slave-free options for all your special Christmas food!
Read MoreAdvent 2021: slave free chocolate calendars
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Chocolate advent calendars made with cocoa produced without slave labour
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Can big companies be ethical?
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Can big companies do good for people in their supply chains?
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The intersectional challenge of ethical shopping
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
What if a product ticks one box, but doesn't meet your other criteria?
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Arnotts and Coca-cola use slave-free sugar!
SEPTEMBER 25, 2021
Arnotts biscuits and the Coca cola drinks range have long-term commitments to use slave-free sugar.
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How can we know? The Just Kai guide to ethical food certifications
SEPTEMBER 08, 2021
As consumers, how can we know which food brands and products are slave-free?
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Buy child labour free chocolate: World Day Against Child Labour
JUNE 11, 2021
Child labour is sadly increasing. One way you can help is to buy child labour free chocolate. Check out our revised list!
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Can we shop ethically in the supermarket?
APRIL 13, 2021
how to find slave free gods in Kiwi supermarkets
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Which Easter chocolate is where?
MARCH 13, 2021
Child labour free Easter chocolate, organised by shop
Read MoreJust Kai Easter list 2021
MARCH 13, 2021
Easter treats produced with child- and slave-labour free cocoa
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Please help with our Easter list!
MARCH 02, 2021
Please keep an eye out for slave-free products as you shop
Read MoreJust Kai at Hosanna Avondale Baptist
FEBRUARY 27, 2021
Heather speaking to her home church about her Just Kai work
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Christmas 2020: Chocolate for gifting
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
Chocolate free of child and slave labour :-)
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New slave-free seafood recommendations
NOVEMBER 03, 2020
slave-free options for shellfish, prawns, crayfish and crabs
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Just Kai at 4Cs
AUGUST 21, 2020
Heather speaking at a senior citizens organisation about slave free fish, cocoa and sugar
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The new Rainforest Alliance
JULY 11, 2020
A new certification following the merger of UTZ and Rainforest Alliance
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New child-labour free cocoa products available!
APRIL 30, 2020
Two new brands of child-labour free chocolate, plus others expanding their range.
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Easter egg availability by supermarket
APRIL 01, 2020
Child labour free Easter eggs: which are where
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Just Kai Easter list 2020
MARCH 13, 2020
Easter treats produced with child- and slave-labour free cocoa
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UTZ merging with Rainforest Alliance
MARCH 04, 2020
UTZ certification and Rainforest Alliance certifications are being replaced
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Just Kai profiled in the "Baptist mag"
FEBRUARY 09, 2020
Heather and Just Kai profiled in the bimonthly magazine of New Zealand Baptist churches
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Countdown chocolate buttons changing to UTZ certification
JANUARY 18, 2020
Countdown own brand chocolate buttons now free of child and slave labour
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What you need to know about your Christmas meal
DECEMBER 08, 2019
A Christmas meal that's good for all
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Updated cocoa guide: November 2019
NOVEMBER 20, 2019
Even more slave and child labour free cocoa products in New Zealand!
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Kingfisher prawns
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Processed prawns with a thoroughly slave-free supply chain
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New UTZ-certified chocolate at Countdown
OCTOBER 10, 2019
New flavours of slave-free chocolate available at supermarkets!
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Why New Zealand needs a Modern Slavery Act
AUGUST 21, 2019
Legislation that reveals supply chain slavery
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Esthers: fair trade spreads
JULY 18, 2019
Spreads made with fair trade sugar and chocolate :-)
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Gifts: luxury consumables with slave-free supply chains
JULY 11, 2019
Gifts that others didn't suffer for!
Read MoreA further slave-free fish oil brand: Swisse
JULY 03, 2019
Just Kai now also recommends all Swisse fish oil products.
Read MoreIs all Whittakers chocolate child labour free?
JUNE 17, 2019
Only two of Whittakers products are Fairtrade certified: are the rest OK?
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Slave- and child-labour free fish oil/omega 3s
JUNE 14, 2019
Just Kai is releasing new research on fish oil brands.
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Postal Service: a fair trade cafe in Grey Lynn
JUNE 06, 2019
A vegetarian cafe using fair trade chocolate, sugar, coffee and bananas in all they do :-)
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Heather speaking at the Fairfield Conference
MAY 31, 2019
What business can do to ensure their supply chains are slave free (and what we all can do to ensure our purchases are, too)
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New UTZ cocoa products at Countdown
MAY 01, 2019
UTZ-certified chocolate hazelnut spread and baking supplies now available at a major supermarket.
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Fairly Traded Easter Eggs 2019
APRIL 05, 2019
Easter treats which help your neighbours to flourish!
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Fairfield Conference 2019
MARCH 27, 2019
Three weeks ago Just Kai gave a talk at the Fairfield: a conference that encourages social justice through ethical trade.
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Why we recommend Nestlé products
OCTOBER 15, 2018
Nestlé now does better than all other multinationals on most ethical criteria.
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Wildness Chocolate
OCTOBER 19, 2017
Chocolate with no certification but strong fair trade claims.
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Shopping for human rights
MARCH 05, 2017
How you can support human rights in the ways you choose what you buy
Read MoreHow to buy chocolate without supporting abuse of cocoa growers
FEBRUARY 04, 2017
A guide for assessing chocolate without formal human-welfare certification.
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UTZ certification
FEBRUARY 24, 2016
A business-friendly single-ingredient fair trade certification.
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Commercial Fairtrade ice cream comes to New Zealand!
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
Ben and Jerry's ice cream now selling in New Zealand.
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