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Scrumptious Southland Gift Box Unboxing

Ready For Another Adventure? We Love Local Southland Gift Boxes Now Available

Ready for another adventure? This is a big month for regional New Zealand gifts at We Love Local and we are so excited to announce that we will be taking a tasting tour through Southland — with our new Scrumptious Southland Gift Box! Some beautiful products from Invercargill and beyond, including: 🥜 Boasted Peanut Butter🌰 […]

Taste Of The Alps — Tineke Sutton

Made In Central Otago: Taste Of The Alps

Meet Tineke-Maree Sutton — founder of Taste of the Alps! From a beautiful region filled with some of nature’s sweetest confectionery, Tineke felt inspired to turn each season’s wonders into her delicious preserves, letting people take a taste of the region with them!  Filled with hand-picked sustainable fruits, they are the perfect accompaniment to any […]

Wellington Gold Award Finalist Badge

We Love Local Is A Finalist At The Wellington Gold Awards 2023

We have just been announced as finalists for The 2023 Wellington Gold Awards in the Emerging Gold – Products category! After winning the Sustainability and Small Business category at the Electra Business Awards in 2021 and 2022, we’re proud to be recognised at a regional level among businesses from the Greater Wellington area this year. […]

Samantha Burgess Preservation Jam

Made In Bay Of Plenty: Preservation Jam

Let’s meet Samantha Burgess — founder of Preservation Jam 🍓 Creating hand-crafted small batches of all-natural preserves and jams that are both gluten-free and vegan, using produce that would have otherwise gone to waste! My favourite part of this journey has been being able to ‘rescue’ excess produce from people who are struggling to eat […]

Matariki gift box celebration

Celebrating Māori-Owned Food And Beverage Businesses

Ahead of Matariki, we are taking a moment to celebrate all of the mahi Māori-owned food and beverage businesses put in to produce world-class kai. We first launched our Kai Māori Gift Box to acknowledge Aotearoa’s first public holiday to celebrate Matariki in 2022. Our amazing whānau of suppliers represented in these gift boxes work […]

Plastic Free July Gifting

Gifting During Plastic Free July

Did you know it’s Plastic Free July? There is no cellophane or plastic to be found in our We Love Local Gift Box packaging, something we are definitely proud of! We have always been committed to plastic free gifting, it is about doing our bit to bring you delicious boxes packed with local treats — […]

We Love Local at Parliament

We Love Local Heads To The Beehive

We Love Local heads to the Beehive… It’s always been our mission to tell the story of New Zealand through food experiences and amplify the voices of small companies from across the country. So, nothing beats the feeling of seeing Aotearoa’s artisan producers showcased as part of our We Love Local gift boxes at Parliament. […]

Kāpiti Food & Beverage Meetup

Keeping things really local, we hosted a Food and Beverage Cluster Networking event, celebrating the amazing local industry right here in Kāpiti. An initiative started by the council to help grow and promote Kāpiti as a food hub! Our journey started with supporting local Kāpiti artisan producers, so this is something we are definitely on […]

Made In Waikato Miel Des Collines Honey

Made In Waikato: Miel Des Collines Honey

Meet Pauline Dogniez — founder of Miel Des Collines harvesting limited batches of the highest-quality raw Manuka honey from her small collection of beloved beehives in Raglan! For Pauline, her journey began in 2014 when she came to New Zealand as part of her world travels. Although she did not anticipate that she would become […]

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