Kim Knight
Senior journalist - Premium lifestyle
Kim Knight is a Senior Writer for the New Zealand Herald.
Kim Knight has been a journalist with the Herald since 2016, working for its premium lifestyle and news sections and print magazine titles Viva, Reset, Travel and Canvas. A former magazine newspaper editor and four-time finalist for feature writer of the year, she has won multiple lifestyle and entertainment media awards and written two books - Homemade: Stories from New Zealand Stovetops and Simon Gault: No Half Measures. She studied at Auckland University of Technology, Master of Gastronomy; and Aoraki Polytechnic, Diploma of Journalism. Since 1989 she has worked for the Greymouth Evening Star, Timaru Herald and Sunday Star-Times, before joining NZME. She is a former restaurant reviewer for Canvas magazine. In 2023, she was named on the inaugural list of Top 50 Women In Food & Drink New Zealand. You can contact Kim at kim.knight@nzme.co.nz.
Check out Kim’s latest content
Chef Al Brown on learning te reo Māori - and understanding himself
'My tiny little contribution is to be vulnerable and try to learn a beautiful language.'
Kitchen confidential: Who are the new MasterChef NZ judges?
MasterChef NZ is back, but shrouded in secrecy.
What's cooking? Top picks from 39 Auckland restaurant reopenings
Crayfish, quail or pepperoni? Auckland is finally open and here's what's best on the menu.
First Kiwis at world chef competition seek cash, MIQ beds, Charolais beef and tomatoes
They say tomato, we say it's not in season - world chef competition tests Kiwi ingenuity.
Closing time: Why some Auckland restaurants won't survive fourth lockdown
Summer was meant to save them but revenue is 70 per cent down and CBD eateries are scared.
Inside scoop: Why was an Auckland icecream festival cancelled?
Yachting or an icecream festival? This waterfront ain't big enough for the both of them.