Meet the team! Juno Gin is the handiwork of husband-and-wife duo Jo and Dave James. They met at primary school in New Plymouth and four years ago, this unassuming couple, left their careers and combined their science backgrounds and passion for gin to start dreaming and experimenting to craft their ideal gin. “I love gin,” […]
Why not create a gift box with products matching your brand colours? 🧡 Show me the orange. When your brand colour is orange, and you want a unique corporate gift, we come up with the goods! Stand out from the crowd with a colour-themed Christmas gift, and get in touch to discuss your corporate gifting […]
Meet the makers! The journey to award-winning bean-to-bar chocolate that started in a converted garage in Snells Beach. 🤩 Nico & Emily Bonnaud, the team behind the beautiful award-winning Auckland craft chocolate business Honest Chocolat, started in 2016 as a side project to their full-time occupations — Nico a pastry chef, and Emily an Interior […]
Nothing beats the feeling of being artisan ambassadors and promoting our unique local artisan producers. So you can imagine our delight when we were sent this photo of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern receiving a We Love Local region gift basket filled with Kāpiti & Horowhenua goodies selected by Ōtaki MP Terisa Ngobi when she popped […]
🥖 Meet the team! Max Fuhrer — Arobake founder & Master Baker (Aka chief, cook and bottle washer!) — started his baking journey in 1989 in a small bakery in Aro Valley in Wellington. Fast forward 30+ years later – a bigger bakery and shop across the road from the original, a team of 30, […]
We couldn’t be any prouder to announce that We Love Local has now returned $1 million across 150+ small businesses in Aotearoa! 🥳 From the beginning, when we first started in Kāpiti in 2018, our goal was to showcase and celebrate Kiwi artisan producers. Since then we have expanded into Wellington and finally — all […]
The magic of New Zealand’s taste capital has been captured in our new limited edition giftbox, launched especially for this year’s Visa Wellington On A Plate festival. We’re celebrating producers participating in the festival, or whose products are used byrestaurants taking part, and our new gift box features some fantastic limited editions –including a cocktail […]
Are you in for the Dry July Challenge? We’re donating $2 to the Dry July NZ Trust for every limited-edition Zero Alcohol Drinks Care Package sold (or choose from one of our other alcohol-free gifts). Dry July raises funds to help improve the comfort, care and wellbeing of New Zealanders affected by cancer. They’re proudly […]
Central Otago is known for its long, dry summers, stunning autumn colours, crisp winters and rush of new life in spring, not to mention jaw-dropping scenery wherever you turn, but there’s also a special kind of alchemy going on. On the quiet shores of the unbelievably blue Lake Dunstan, the olive trees of Dunford Grove […]
Otago artisans, makers, distillers, vintners and brewers are the latest local producers to be showcased on the national stage as we expand into the region to meet the ever-increasing demand from Kiwis to back their backyards. We have now returned almost $1 million dollars to small businesses all over NZ since 2020 by sourcing only […]
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