Your Complete Guide to We Love Local Gifts This Festive Season

The festive season brings so many gifting moments. Whether you’re celebrating with clients, thanking your team, or sending love to family across the country, we’ve created this guide to help you discover the perfect artisan gift box.

We’ve organised our collection into five key sections to make your search easier:

1. Regional Gift Boxes:
   Celebrate New Zealand’s diverse regions with locally sourced treasures
2. Festive Favourites:
   Our most popular holiday collections, including the new Christmas Ham Gift Box
3. Themed Collections:
   Curated boxes for specific tastes, from craft beer to vegan delights
4. New Releases:
   Fresh discoveries for customers who love supporting local producers
5. Corporate Gifting:
   Custom solutions for businesses, including bulk ordering and branding options

Every gift box you choose supports over 200 small Kiwi businesses whilst delivering genuine joy to your recipients. Let’s find something special together.

Discover New Zealand’s Regional Gift Boxes: Local Treasures from Every Corner

The most meaningful presents connect people to place. Our regional gift boxes do exactly that.

Each regional collection celebrates the artisan producers who make their corner of Aotearoa special. From Wild About Wellington to Abundant Auckland, Celebrating Canterbury to Outstanding Otago, these boxes showcase what makes each region genuinely unique.

Why they’re our hero offering: These aren’t generic gift boxes with a regional sticker slapped on. Every product comes from passionate local makers in that specific region. When someone opens a Wellington box, they’re tasting the capital’s best-kept culinary secrets. An Auckland box features treats you’d discover wandering the city’s hidden laneways.

Perfect for:

• Someone who loves exploring New Zealand’s food scene
• Welcoming a friend who’s moved to a new region
• Sharing your favourite local discoveries with family overseas

Pro tip: These make exceptional corporate gifts when you want to showcase your company’s regional roots whilst supporting local businesses in your community.

Festive Season Favourites: Our Popular Holiday Collection

We’d love to share our most-loved festive options. These have become tradition for thousands of Kiwi families.

The Christmas Gift Box

Our bestselling festive collection year after year. The Christmas Gift Box captures everything magical about a New Zealand summer celebration, filled with premium artisan treats perfect for sharing around the table.

What makes it special: We’ve partnered with exceptional local producers to create a collection that feels genuinely festive without being over the top. Think gourmet treats that spark conversation, wines that impress, and chocolates that disappear far too quickly.

The Christmas Ham Gift Box (New for 2025!)

Meet our exciting new addition: The Christmas Ham Gift Box

We’ve taken everything people love about our festive boxes and added the centrepiece every Kiwi Christmas table needs: a premium locally sourced ham.

After years of customers asking if we could include something more substantial, we partnered with Woody’s Free Range to source hams that meet our artisan quality standards. Combined with carefully selected accompaniments, this creates a complete festive feast.

Perfect for:

• The host who wants to make their celebration special
• Corporate gifting when you really want to impress
• Family gatherings where the food needs to be absolutely exceptional

Both options feature an option to place an order for later dispatch so you can get your Christmas gifting sorted early (because we know festive season schedules get busy).

Themed Gift Boxes for Every Taste: Craft Collections That Tell Stories

Not everyone wants a regional mix. Some people have very specific loves, and that’s exactly why we created these themed gift collections.

Craft Beer Gift Box

For the person who genuinely appreciates New Zealand’s incredible craft brewing scene. We’ve curated selections from small-batch breweries creating exceptional beers across the country.

Kai Māori Gift Box

This collection celebrates indigenous kai and Māori food producers. Every product tells a story of cultural connection and traditional knowledge meeting modern artisan quality.

Other Popular Themed Collections:

• Coffee Gift Box: For those who take their morning brew seriously
• Craft Chocolate Gift Box: Premium New Zealand chocolate makers at their finest
• Vegan Gift Box: Plant-based treats that never compromise on flavour
• Work From Home Care Package: Because everyone needs a pick-me-up

Rather than trying to please everyone, these boxes go deep on quality within their theme. The Craft Beer box features breweries you won’t find in every supermarket. The Chocolate box showcases bean-to-bar makers doing exceptional work.

Fresh Discoveries: New Releases for Returning Customers

You’ve ordered from us before. You loved supporting local producers. Now we’d love to share what’s new.

Spicy Sensations

For those who like a bit of heat with their treats. We’ve discovered artisan hot sauce makers, spiced snack producers, and chilli chocolate creators doing genuinely exciting things across New Zealand.

Family Favourites

This one’s about bringing people together. Sharing-sized treats, crowd-pleasing flavours, and products that spark joy around the table. Perfect for households where gift boxes need to make everyone happy.

Healthy Habits

We’ve partnered with producers creating genuinely nutritious treats that don’t sacrifice flavour. Think small-batch granolas, raw nuts, and protein-rich snacks from makers who care as much about ingredients as taste.

After sending tens of thousands of gift boxes, we’ve learned what gaps existed in our collection and these new releases fill those spaces whilst maintaining our commitment to exceptional artisan quality.

Available now with the same quality guarantee and support for local producers you expect from every We Love Local gift:

Custom Corporate Gifting: Creating Something Uniquely Yours

The most memorable corporate gifts connect your business values with genuine support for local communities.

Want to showcase your Wellington office whilst celebrating the season? We’ll blend the capital’s best artisan products with festive favourites, creating a gift that says “we’re local and we’re thoughtful.” Add your logo, company colours, and personalised messaging to our sustainably made wooden boxes.

Have specific dietary requirements? Budget considerations? Products you’d love to include? We’ll work with you to curate exactly what your recipients need whilst maintaining our commitment to supporting local producers.

Perfect Corporate Applications:

• Client appreciation with regional products from their area
• Staff end-of-year gifts featuring your company’s home region
• Santa sack goodie bags with local treats
• Thank you gifts that genuinely mean something

Sending to Multiple Addresses? We’ve Made It Simple

Planning to send gifts to multiple recipients across New Zealand? Our bulk gift ordering service handles all the logistics for you. Simply download our template spreadsheet, upload your delivery list, and choose your gift boxes. We’ll handle everything from there.

Popular Gifts for Businesses:

Why Choose We Love Local This Festive Season

Beyond beautiful gifts, here’s what happens when you order from us:

You support 200+ small Kiwi businesses: Artisan producers, their families, and their staff all benefit from every purchase.

Your gift arrives sustainably packaged: Reusable wooden boxes, natural wood wool, zero unnecessary plastic.

Supporting our communities: We donate 1% of every sale to New Zealand charities

Same-day dispatch available. Order before 2pm Monday to Friday and we’ll get it sent today.

Nationwide delivery. Whether you’re sending to Auckland or Invercargill, we’ve got the logistics sorted.

Every gift tells two stories: the joy on your recipient’s face and the difference you’ve made in a small business owner’s life. Both matter. Both make us proud.

Browse our gift boxes now.