Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://ar-c.org/video/yXK5Ue9L79L.html Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Is this NZs cheapest lunch? | Stuff.co.nz [8gJGAMFjgY1] Health Updated on August 06, 2026 EDT — Published on August 06, 2026 EDT A hearty lunch for $2? Around 250g of rice, cooked with veggies and eggs, topped with a generous splash of gravy made from a meat marinade? It’s a price that would have seemed improbable a generation ago, let alone amid a cost of living crisis. But Christchurch café Dumplings on Riccarton continues to serve the customer favourite for pocket change, as it has for 36 years. | Subscribe: Read more: For full coverage visit www.Stuff.co.nz Subscribe to our channel: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff is New Zealand's largest and most popular news site. With more than 500 journalists spread from Northland to Southland, we cover breaking news, politics, business, sport, crime, the environment, health, education, home and property, food, lifestyle, entertainment, weather, travel, technology, motoring, farming and much more. As well as covering the stories of the day, we specialise in investigative journalism, opinion and analysis, and long-form writing and visual storytelling. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social media channels: TikTok: Twitter: g0NUkdYLZTh TJxS1uAlg44 WMHX2IO6gIS G9pvPXh3xw3 HfQpEOAuza4 l8HWN9ga58R ZoosOOaOAjp
A hearty lunch for $2? Around 250g of rice, cooked with veggies and eggs, topped with a generous splash of gravy made from a meat marinade? It’s a price that would have seemed improbable a generation ago, let alone amid a cost of living crisis. But Christchurch café Dumplings on Riccarton continues to serve the customer favourite for pocket change, as it has for 36 years. | Subscribe: Read more: For full coverage visit www.Stuff.co.nz Subscribe to our channel: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff is New Zealand's largest and most popular news site. With more than 500 journalists spread from Northland to Southland, we cover breaking news, politics, business, sport, crime, the environment, health, education, home and property, food, lifestyle, entertainment, weather, travel, technology, motoring, farming and much more. As well as covering the stories of the day, we specialise in investigative journalism, opinion and analysis, and long-form writing and visual storytelling. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social media channels: TikTok: Twitter: g0NUkdYLZTh TJxS1uAlg44 WMHX2IO6gIS G9pvPXh3xw3 HfQpEOAuza4 l8HWN9ga58R ZoosOOaOAjp