Meet the team at The Fudge Cottage, New Zealand! For decades this family-owned Christchurch business has been handcrafting the finest artisan fudge from a traditional family recipe. 🥛 Their deliciously creamy fudge is made using fresh New Zealand milk and cream combined with carefully selected natural ingredients. We are thrilled to include The Fudge Cottage […]
Timo Reitnauer
Announcing Our Closed-Loop Programme: Join Aotearoa’s First Sustainable Gifting Eco-System
We’re officially launching our closed-loop system today, allowing recipients to send back our wooden boxes for future gifting. Of course, we would love nothing more than for recipients to keep the wooden box and use it as they see fit — we hear the boxes make great cat beds or help keep cupboards tidy. But […]
Made in Wairarapa: Alexia Urban Winery
Wairarapa is known for sprawling vineyards with wineries attached, but in the heart of the Greytown, the district’s only urban winery is doing things a little differently. Alexia is the result of a labour of love, a winery built in the community where its founders live, their children go to school and their hearts lie. […]
Case Study: Creating A Truly Local Corporate Gifting Campaign For Findex New Zealand
Findex has recently approached the We Love Local team to create a local corporate gifting campaign with NZ-made products, and today, we’re proud to share the final result. Their goal was to include products from each region of New Zealand it has a presence in and send a gift to 500+ clients nationwide to thank […]
We Love Local Enters South Island, Champions Local Canterbury Makers
Today we’re excited to launch into the South Island, beginning with Canterbury, expanding our mission to showcase and champion regional vintners, artisans, producers, brewers and distillers with our NZ regional gifts (available nationwide, including overnight shipping to Christchurch). Our ‘Celebrating Canterbury’ gift box series highlights the best of the stunning plains that stretch between the […]
Supplier Story: Wellington Chocolate Factory — Ethical, Small-batch Craft Chocolate
There’s a chocolate revolution going on, with its heart in Wellington’s foodie laneways. Wellington Chocolate Factory is leading the rapidly-growing shift towards ethical, small-batch craft chocolate — and has been doing so since back in 2013. New Zealand’s original, organic, bean-to-bar chocolate producer, Wellington Chocolate Factory (WCF) handcrafts some of the finest chocolate you are […]
How Upstock Created Employee Welcome Gifts For New Team Members
What better way to welcome a new team member than with a bespoke welcome gift box that contains a selection of products from your suppliers and clients. Our friends at Upstock did just that — with this amazing NZ gift box that they curated, along with a personalised and branded sleeve. For all your corporate […]
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2022: Valerie Reitnauer, Co-Owner We Love Local
In 2018 I wanted to create a sustainable gifting eco-system that supports local artisans and producers — making it easy for anyone to gift sustainably. So, three years ago, my husband Timo and I launched Kāpiti Goodies, initially showcasing local makers and servicing the Coast. Kāpiti Olive Oil was the first supplier to come on […]
Celebrating Taranaki Anniversary Day And Their Makers: Shining Peak Brewery
Here at We Love Local we donate one percent from each sale to charities via the One Percent Collective and when we can work with a local artisan maker who also gives back, then it’s even better. Shining Peak Brewing is an institution in Taranaki, and feature in our Tasty Taranaki Gift Box. As well […]
Over $3,000 donated via One Percent Collective!
[igp-video src=”” poster=”https://www.welovelocal.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/❣️part-of-the-we-love-local-ethos-is-giving-back-its-in-our-dna.-one-of-the-many-ways-we-give-ba.jpg” size=”large”] Part of the We Love Local ethos is giving back — it’s in our DNA. One of the many ways we give back is by setting aside 1% from every gift box sold to donate to New Zealand charities via One Percent Collective. In addition, for every review we receive via […]