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02/06/2022

Top Food and Wine Festivals in New Zealand

This comprehensive guide to the top food and wine festivals in New Zealand covers all major events across the regions to help you plan your next food and wine escape. Food and wine events are a great way to discover artisan producers and try some delicious, regional cuisine.

A collection of wine glasses with red wine being poured into one of them
Craft’d Boutique Wine Festival

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  1. NORTH ISLAND
    1. Auckland
    2. Coromandel
    3. Wellington
    4. Bay of Plenty
    5. Hawke’s Bay
    6. Gisborne
    7. Wairarapa
  2. SOUTH ISLAND
    1. Christchurch
    2. Marlborough and Nelson
    3. Central Otago
    4. Canterbury
    5. West Coast and Southland

For more wine tips, make sure to check out my beginner’s guide to New Zealand wine and Pinot Noir Food Pairing Guide as well.

NORTH ISLAND

Auckland

Auckland Craft Beer and Food Festival
Auckland, 18 March 2023

Food Show
Auckland, 28-31 July 2022

Auckland Restaurant Month
Auckland, August 2022

Winetopia
Auckland, 28-29 October 2022

The Chocolate & Coffee Show
Auckland, 10-11 September 2022

Gindulgence
Auckland, 5 November 2022

Coromandel

Tairua School Food and Wine Festival
Tairua, December 2022

Whitianga Oceans Festival
Whitianga, September 2023

Wellington

Gindulgence
Wellington, 28-29 January 2023

Food Show
Wellington, 26-28 May 2023

Winetopia
Wellington, 1-2 July 2022

Wellington on a Plate
Wellington, 1-31 August 2022

Beervana
Wellington, 19-20 August 2022

Kapiti Coast Strawberry Festival
Kapiti, 19 November 2022

Wellington Wine & Food Festival
Wellington, 10 December 2022

Kapiti Food Fair
Paraparaumu, 3 December 2022

Bay of Plenty

Katikati Avocado Food & Wine Festival
Katikati, 14 January 2023

Tauranga Food Show
Tauranga, 27/28 August 2022

Whakatane Seafood Festival
Whakatane, TBC

Whakatane Local Wild Food Challenge
Whakatane, 18/19 November 2022

Hawke’s Bay

Bridge Pa Wine Festival
Bridge Pa Triangle, January 2023

F.A.W.C! Winter Series
Hawke’s Bay, 3-26 June 2022

F.A.W.C! Summer Series
Hawke’s Bay, November 2022

Gisborne

The Chardonnay Affair
Gisborne, May 2023

First Light Gisborne Wine & Food Festival
Gisborne, 23 October 2022

Wairarapa

Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival
Wairarapa, 17-18 February 2023

Toast Martinborough
Wairarapa, 20 November 2022

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SOUTH ISLAND

Christchurch

The Great Kiwi Beer Festival
Christchurch, 28 January 2023

Winetopia
Christchurch, 26-27 August 2022

Gindulgence
Christchurch, 6-7 August 2022

South Island Wine & Food Festival
Christchurch, 3 December 2022

A man holding a tray of poke bowls with salmon
Marborough Wine and Food Festival | Karaka Cuisine

Marlborough and Nelson

Kiwi Spirit Summer Festival
Golden Bay, 7 January 2023

Motueka Kai Fest
Motueka, February 2023

NZ Cider Festival
Nelson, 12 November 2022

Marlborough Food & Wine Festival
Blenheim, February 2023

Central Otago

Clyde Wine & Food Festival
Clyde, April 2023

Eat.Taste.Central
Central Otago, Sep/October 2022

Cromwell Cherry Festival
Cromwell, 27 December 2022

Cromwell Food & Wine Festival
Cromwell, 2023

Women dancing with wine glasses at a festival
North Canterbury Wine and Food Festival

Canterbury

North Canterbury Wine & Food Festival
Waipara Valley, 5 March 2023

Waimate Strawberry Fair
Waimate, 10 December 2022

West Coast and Southland

Dunedin Craft Beer and Food Festival
Dunedin, 28/29 October 2022

Hokitika Wild Foods Festival
West Coast, 11 March 2023

Bluff Oyster Festival
Bluff, May 2023

Get in touch if you want to add your event to this overview of New Zealand Food & Wine Festivals. Make sure to check out my Rosé and Pinot Noir guides as well.

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