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.
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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
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
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
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