Early bird tickets are now on sale for New Zealand’s only Chocolate & Coffee Festival.
Pāpāmoa café Pearl Kitchen has won a top award of the Flavours of Plenty Festival for the second year in a row.
The ‘Brew of Islands’ Craft Beer Festival is returning for 2024, following the inaugural event in 2023.
The New Zealand Agricultural Show in Canterbury, otherwise known as the Christchurch Show, has been cancelled for this year.
The next Harvest Hawke’s Bay event will be held on 23 November.
The Agricultural and Marketing Research and Development Trust is backing E Tipu: The Boma Agri Summit as foundation partner for a second year.
The Wellington Food Show, initially planned for 24-26 May at Sky Stadium, has been pushed back due to a potential home A-League grand final for the capital’s football team, Wellington Phoenix.
The legacy of the decade-long High Value Nutrition Ko Ngā Kai Whai Painga programme spans commercial interests, international markets and communities, according to director Joanne Todd.
More than 250 New Zealand-made food and non-alcoholic drinks received medals in the 2024 Outstanding Food Producer Awards.
Organics Aotearoa New Zealand is holding a one-day symposium focused on the evolving landscape of organics.
NewFish claims an ANZ first with its selection in deep tech startup programme IndieBio, while Future Food Aotearoa is taking the stage at a global summit.
Craft chocolate festival Chocstock will return to the capital this June after its sell-out debut in 2021.
The Wānaka A&P Show welcomed more than 44,000 people to its 87th event over the weekend.
A new international food festival will debut next month as part of Auckland Council’s World of Cultures Festival.
National Farmers’ Markets Week is back again, starting this Saturday and running from 9-17 March.
The Grocery Charity Ball will take place this year on Saturday 7 September.
American billionaire Bill Foley has taken control of the 30-year old wine and food festival, Toast Martinborough.
Bay of Plenty food festival, Flavours of Plenty, has gone live with its programme which includes 48 events happening across the Coastal Bay of Plenty from the 4-14 April.
Krispy Kreme is launching an activation to tie in with Taylor Swift’s Era’s tour arriving in Australia, with the singer’s first concert on Friday 16 February.
Tickets have gone on sale for E Tipu: The Boma Agri Summit, which is this year being held in Palmerston North.
More than eight hundred contestants across Aotearoa are gearing up to compete in season 56 of the annual FMG Young Farmer of the Year.
New Zealand’s ninth annual Rosé Day will be held this Monday 5 February.
Voting has opened for New Zealand’s annual Dairy Free Awards.
The New Zealand Open presented by Sky Sport is partnering with reusable drink bottle company, Hydro Flask in an effort to reduce waste at the 103rd Edition of the tournament.
Indevin Group has partnered with the New Zealand Olympic Committee.
Craft distiller Scapegrace is partnering with the New Zealand Open presented by Sky Sport, ahead of the 103rd edition of the tournament between Feb 29 and March 3, 2023.
Pāmu will both sponsor and host mountain biking and running event, The Mavora Explorer, this year.
Woolworths has launched its 2023 Christmas food range, which this year includes 125 products.
Queenstown-based winery Amisfield has extended its partnership with the New Zealand Open presented by Sky Sport.
Long-term Kepler Challenge sponsor FreshChoice installed a pop-up supermarket station near the last stretch of the 60km Fiordland race.
Some 21 delegates from Coca-Cola Europacific Partners represented the business at the annual One Young World Summit in Belfast, Ireland, last month.
A new wine festival in Hastings next year will incorporate masterclasses and experiences into the one-day event.
Coca-Cola Christmas in the Park will return in 2023 for what will be its 29th year, having started in 1994.
The New Zealand Agricultural Show in Canterbury – otherwise known as the Christchurch Show – celebrates its 160th anniversary this week.
Beervana will return to Wellington’s Sky Stadium on 23 and 24 August 2024.
The Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids Tryathlon season is back for summer.
This year the NZ Agricultural Show in Christchurch will this year feature a dedicated Aquaculture Tent for the fist time in its 160-year history.
Food and beverage sector stakeholders from around the country are gathering in Sydney for the New Zealand Food & Grocery Council’s annual conference, which falls days after Supie’s collapse.
New Zealand’s annual Ice Cream and Gelato Week starts on Sunday 5 November.
The Rugby World Cup delivered a “significant boost” to hospitality venues, according to Hospitality New Zealand, which said footfall was up over the 50-day tournament.
Central Otago’s annual food and beverage celebration, Eat.Taste.Central, is back for another two-week festival of flavour showcasing the best of the region’s food and wine.
The country’s second annual rural telethon, The Big Feed, is coming back in December 2023.
Te Puna Umanga Venture Taranaki is launching a new range of free investment-focused workshops and events to help local entrepreneurs achieve business growth.
More than 10,000 people are expected at the annual Kāpiti Food Fair this year.
Uber Eats has recorded a 37% uplift in orders on Rugby World Cup match days compared to regular September mornings.
Anzco Foods is the new title partner of Ironman New Zealand.
Leaders from NewFish, Zespri, and Comvita will be taking the stage at High-Value Nutrition Ko Ngā Kai Whai Painga’s Foodomics 2024.
Six of the country’s finest butchers have been named as part of New Zealand’s national butchery team to will compete at the World Butchers’ Challenge which takes place in Paris in March 2025.
The Restaurant Association has launched the Te Tai Tokerau Roadshow, which comprises a series of seminars designed to address crucial topics within the hospitality sector.
Vow Group chief executive and co-founder George Peppou and Food Standards Australia New Zealand principal toxicologist and risk assessor Dr Nick Fletcher are key speakers at the upcoming AltProteins 23 conference.
New Zealand’s trade event for the food and beverage manufacturing and packaging technology industries, is coming back to Auckland in September.
The industry’s annual conference gets underway at Te Papa – the first since a significant change to the seafood association.
Food rescue organisation, KiwiHarvest, has teamed up with five iconic chefs and three rugby legends for the return of the Goodness Gala.
Wellington region food rescue charity Kaibosh is supplying ingredients to chefs and brewers for new food that are ending up at Beervana and Burger Wellington this August.
Burger Wellington presented by Garage Project is set to take over the capital starting tomorrow as part of the August Edition of Visa Wellington On a Plate.
An all-star female lineup has been selected for this year’s Lumina Rising Stars programme.
The 30th annual Toast Martinborough is expected to attract 100,000 people in November.
Hospitality New Zealand has welcomed legislation that allows venues to extend trading hours without having to apply for a special licence so patrons can watch live televised Rugby World Cup matches.
ExportNZ is hosting an All of Government Roadshow around New Zealand running from July 25 through to August 4.
The New Zealand Food & Grocery Council is hosting an interactive workshop on unconscious bias next week.
The latest Fine Food New Zealand event attracted record numbers of exhibitors and delegates, according to organiser XPO Exhibitions.
Hospitality businesses can open longer for the men’s Rugby World Cup after the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Rugby World Cup 2023 Extended Trading Hours) Amendment Bill passed its third reading.
Registrations are now open for Foodomics 2024.
The Ministry for the Environment and the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council are hosting a webinar on the Waste Action and Investment Plan.
Food-truck market Pop Up Eats Horowhenua is returning from Wednesday 19 July 2023.
PepsiCo’s Australian and New Zealand chip brands Smith’s, Bluebird, and Twisties as well as its international Dorito’s corn chip brand have been crowned official snacks of FIFA 2023.
Auckland’s Restaurant Month is back from 1-31 August 2023.
Northland’s first Brew of Islands beer festival will be held in Kerikeri this month with an array of food, brews and drinks for locals and visitors.
Mānuka honey specialist Comvita reported record sales in the recent 618 shopping festival in China, up 12% compared with last year’s event.
NZ’s food industry converges on Auckland for the country’s largest hospitality, food retail and food service event.
The largest agricultural event in Southern Hemisphere attracted just over 105,000 attendees over its four days.
NZ Brewers Fest 2023 is taking place at Upper Hutt’s Brewtown on Saturday 14 October.
Delegates from far and wide have descended on Ōtautahi Christchurch for this year’s E Tipu IFAMA 2023 World Conference Global Forum.
The Aotearoa Food Rescue Alliance (AFRA), in partnership with Foodstuffs North Island, has run a series of hui, uniting its food rescue members from across the North Island.
An international healthcare summit to be hosted in New Zealand is set to bring together health, tech and food stakeholders as well as international health policy specialists and government representatives.
Neo Café & Eatery and Pravda Café & Grill were the big winners in the 2023 Visa Wellington On a Plate Festival Awards.
More than 250 exhibitors will converge at Auckland Showgrounds next month for Fine Food New Zealand, the biennial hospitality, food retail and foodservice trade event.
Foodstuffs and the New Zealand Food Innovation Network will host a series of free workshops starting this week aimed at supporting small suppliers on their retail grocery journey.
Chef Celia Drummond of Floriditas won the Visa Wellington On a Plate’s Next Gen Cook Off.
Foodomics 2024 will be held at the newly-opened Tākina Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wellington next year.
The 2023 Fieldays Innovation Awards finalists have been unveiled with 49 entrants competing for prizes totaling over $60,000.
Renowned international restaurant consultant, Chip Klose, has been announced as the keynote speaker for Hospo Hui 2023.
Confirmed speakers for the E Tipu IFAMA 2023 World Conference run the gauntlet of leaders and innovators from across the food system.
New Zealand Cheese Festival is returning to Blenheim to tie in with NZ Cheese Month.
Visa Wellington On a Plate’s Producer Marketplace will return to the capital on Monday 17 April after a two-year hiatus with the backing of ANZ.
The government will host trade ministers from 10 Asia Pacific economies at a meeting of Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Commission members in Auckland on 15 – 16 July.
The Food Show returns to Christchurch Arena from 31 March until 2 April 2023 with 120 exhibitors offering the latest in niche new artisan food and drink.
More than 44,000 people attended the 86th Wānaka A&P Show on Friday and Saturday after a two-year hiatus, injecting more than $28m into the local economy.
The biennial business-to-business Foodstuffs Expo is set to take place at Claudelands Events Centre Hamilton over 8 and 9 March.
The full festival programme for May’s Visa Wellington On a Plate festival serves up cultural celebrations and culinary crossovers.
Secondary students from the lower and mid-North Island interested in careers in food and fibre will be in Palmerston North on Friday, March 10th, for Agri Futures, Ahuwhenua ki te Anamata.
The Otago Farmers Market is marking its 20 year milestone by hosting a Long Lunch showcasing producers and celebrating the connections made through food.
The webinar series is designed to help FMCG leaders through the “significant” immediate and longer-term impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle.
Visa Wellington On a Plate has announced the return of the Chef Collaboration Series presented by Singapore Airlines after a three year hiatus.
The growth potential of the avocado market remains very strong, however, production is developing too quickly now, according to international researcher Eric Imbert.
Last year 30,000 people said bought flowers to mark Valentine’s Day, with sales for bunches picking up in the week of February 14 and nearly half – or some 45% – of those being sold on the day itself.
The Sanitarium Weet-Bix Central Eat Auckland Tryathlon has been rescheduled due to water safety concerns.
Nominations will soon close for the 2023 Taitokerau Māori Business Awards which are being held on Friday 3 March 2023 at McKay Stadium 97 Western Hills Drive Kensington Whangārei.
The eighth New Zealand Rosé Day will celebrate New Zealand’s fastest-growing wine style this Sunday 5 February.
The inaugural Roam Central wine and food celebration has been hailed a success after it attracted more than 1,500 people to venues across Queenstown, Arrowtown, Gibbston, Wānaka, Bendigo, Bannockburn, Clyde and Pisa.
Super Early Bird tickets to E Tipu IFAMA 2023 launch on Wednesday 1 February.
The First We Eat Festival is returning to Tauranga in March, with tickets on track to sell out.
Two new faces have joined the Grocery Charity Ball trust, as part of succession planning at the 20-year old organisation.
More than 1000 members of the global avocado community are expected to converge on Auckland’s Aotea Centre for the 10th World Avocado Congress on 2-5 April 2023.
Trade and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor will visit Europe this week to discuss the role of agriculture in climate change and food security, World Trade Organization reform, and New Zealand’s agricultural innovation.
Horticulture New Zealand will officially launch the Aotearoa Horticulture Action Plan on Wednesday 1 February 2023.
Visa Wellington On a Plate has been awarded ‘Best Culinary Festival in Oceania’ in the World Culinary Awards 2022.
The Sanitarium Weet-Bix Tryathlon series is back in full force, after being interrupted by Covid-19 in recent years.
Dairy companies A2 and Anchor, mānuka specialist Comvita and pet food company Ziwi were among the top ten New Zealand brands sold to China via Alibaba Group on the annual Singles Day shopping event.
Eat New Zealand enlisted acclaimed British farmer and one half of electronic dance duo Groove Armada, Andy Cato, for an exclusive conversation about creating resilient local food grain economies.
Coca-Cola Christmas in the Park is making a return this year after being postponed in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid restrictions.
United Fresh, Aotearoa’s pan produce industry organisation, which represents more than 90 members covering the entire value chain, has celebrated its 31st birthday.
Roam Central is a new four-day wine and food event set amongst the vines of Central Otago and the Southern Lakes.
Food and beverage sector stakeholders from around the country have descended on Queenstown for the New Zealand Food & Grocery Council annual conference.
Otago wine and food festival Ripe will return to the shores of Lake Wānaka on Saturday 18 March 2023 after Covid forced the cancellation of the 2022 event.
Some of the NZ’s largest F&B events, including Auckland Food Show and Foodtech Packtech, had to be cancelled or postponed because of the lease.
New World Te Rapa in Hamilton and Zaroa Meats in Auckland have been announced as the joint Supreme Award winners in the 2022 Great New Zealand Sausage Competition.
Wine Nelson’s premier annual tasting event is back this week with a bigger venue and more on offer in 2022.
Beervana will return 18 – 19 August 2023 at the Sky Stadium.
A global conference on infant and young children’s nutrition is being held over two days in Wellington on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
Wine Nelson’s premier annual tasting event is back with a bigger venue and more on offer this year.
Palmerston North’s FoodHQ is hosting an inaugural ‘Food Innovation Big Day Out’ for the public to learn more about innovation talking place at the research centre.
Next year’s Visa Wellington On a Plate 2023 festival theme is Breaking the Mould, says organiser The Wellington Culinary Events Trust.
A celebration of Blue Pacific cuisine kicks off today at Peter Gordon’s Homeland Restaurant at Westhaven, Auckland.
New Zealand’s biggest wine festival will be welcoming South Australian winemakers to its Auckland event for the first time this year.
Babich Wines has been named the official wine sponsor for the ASB Classic summer tennis fixture in Auckland.
The largest gathering of South Australian wine, food, and spirits producers and exporters in many years is heading to Auckland next month.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has held an event at Auckland’s War memorial Museum following its annual Long Service Awards, celebrating collectively over 1,230 years of service.
Nominations are now open for Aucklanders to nominate their favourite dish for the 2022 Iconic Auckland Eats list.
Asahi Beverages is expecting a lift in demand and awareness for its brand Asahi Super Dry which has signed on as a worldwide partner and the official beer of Rugby World Cup 2023.
Ōtautahi Christchurch’s post-Covid Turn up the Heat festival in August saw more than 50 central city hospitality joints join a fiery food competition, each offering a different spicy dish or drink.
Fieldays is partnering with the Ministry for Primary Industries to launch the Fieldays Opportunity Grows Here Careers Hub.
The second New Zealand Food Waste Summit is heading to Wellington on 29 September, bringing together players from across the food chain to brainstorm how innovation can reduce food waste while also addressing food security.
At least seven new producers joining the 2022 Horowhenua Taste Trail when gates open early on Saturday November 26.
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Peter Gordon’s food embassy, Homeland, is hosting Kai Pasifika – a celebration of Blue Pacific cuisine in October.
The Wellington Culinary Events Trust has cancelled this year’s Highball festival, which was scheduled to take place on 23 & 24 September 2022.
Beer lovers from around the world made the pilgrimage to Wellington’s SKY Stadium this weekend for the ‘21st’ Beervana.
Registrations have opened for this year’s Hospitality Championships, supported by NZ Chefs Association as part of the Hospitality Summit 22.
Nearly 300 industry professionals are heading to Nelson for this week’s return of Seafood New Zealand’s annual conference, cancelled by Covid last year.
More than 250 growers, suppliers, industry leaders and government officials from around the country will gather at the Rutherford Hotel in Nelson for the 2022 NZ Apples and Pears Conference.
Auckland will host the 2035 Oceania Summit at the Aotea Centre from 10 – 11 October.
Hospitality group Kāpura has taken Burger Wellington to the City Mission utilising its Gorilla Burger venue.
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The 2022 Matariki Dish Challenge in Rotorua and Bay of Plenty has showcased the best of the region’s storytelling and food, with four winners crowned.
The Food Show returns to the Garden City this August 19 – 21 at Christchurch Arena.
Auckland’s annual food show has been postponed until next year due to uncertainty over the Auckland Showgrounds venue.
The annual Chocolate and Coffee Festival returns to The Cloud in Auckland on 10 – 11 September.
A judge urges parties back around the table in an effort to find an events compromise after ruling the lease of the historic Auckland venue to a film studio unlawful.
After a two year hiatus, the New Zealand Hospitality Conference is back taking place at the Grand Millennium in Auckland starting tomorrow.
Ōtautahi Christchurch’s Central City is bringing the heat this August with a festival of 60-plus events ranging from roaming characters, comedy, cabaret, drag, variety shows and a fiery food competition.
New Zealand’s cocktail and spirits festival – Highball presented by Liquorland – returns to Wellington this September.
University of Otago’s Food Waste Research will next week be hosting the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Dame Juliet Gerrard, and her team for a two day visit.
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To kick off Visa Wellington On a Plate 2022, a mechanics workshop will be transformed into The Sea Breeze Inn, a pop-up restaurant serving sustainably-sourced kaimoana from across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Wellington Airport is bringing a taste of Beervana to travellers in partnership with local brewer Fortune Favours.
The Restaurant Association has secured Canadian chef and entrepreneur Eric Pateman as one of the keynote speaker to discuss the possibilities the industry’s recovery at its upcoming Hospo Hui.
Auckland’s city centre will play host to food, nostalgia, and fine dining to celebrate Restaurant Month from 1 – 31 August.
Citrus NZ has set a date for what will be its first in-person conference in three years following Covid cancellations.
A two-year journey to overhaul purchasing processes means Venues Ōtautahi now buys 87% local, and other venues are following suit.
Marking its 21st birthday this year, Beervana has already locked in more than 70 breweries set to take part in NZ’s biggest celebration of beer.
Chief executive Clare Bradley of seaweed innovation venture AgriSea is among the latest speakers confirmed for next week’s E Tipu: The Boma Agri Summit.
Hundreds of beekeepers, and others from the apiculture industry, will gather in Christchurch this month for ApiNZ’s sixth annual conference and trade exhibition.
The New Zealand Hospitality Conference has added two more star hospitality figureheads to its lineup this year.
The capital’s annual annual month long food festival, Visa Wellington on a Plate, will include 120 events and pop-ups being held under the 2022 theme A State of Flux.
KPMG and the University of Waikato are calling for registrations for the second cohort of their Food & Fibre Insights course.
The Great Australasian Beer Spectacular is returning to Auckland on 25 June.
For the month of May, participating Auckland restaurants and bars will be celebrating the Eat, Drink, Love Ponsonby 2022.
New Zealand wine festival Winetopia has added more events to its three-city schedule.
Australia and New Zealand’s first alternative proteins conference, AltProteins, takes place in Melbourne today.
The New Zealand Hospitality Conference is back in-person in July after a two-year hiatus and with a theme of “The Future of Hospitality”.
The Wellington Food Show is back, taking place 27 – 29 May at Sky Stadium, following a Covid-induced absence.
World renowned farm to table chef, Dan Barber, on the web of relationships in a food system and the “lunacy” of fake meat as a solution to the pitfalls of modern agriculture.
Mark your calendars for E Tipu 2022: The Boma Agri Summit, with a special ticket offer for Food Ticker readers.
The countdown is on for the two-day hybrid Eat New Zealand Hui + Eat NZ Grains 2022 being held in Ōtautahi Christchurch this week, Tuesday and Wednesday.
The HortNZ board has decided to not hold a Horticulture Conference in 2022, with regional events set to replace the fixture this year.
The Great New Zealand Toastie Takeover is back for a fifth year.
Service Foods has cancelled its 2022 trade shows.
The 2022 New Zealand AgriFood Talks event has been cancelled because of the Omicron outbreak.
Bay of Plenty produce will be in the spotlight at the region’s inaugural food festival next month.
This year’s Fieldays has been postponed until late November because of disruption from the Omicron outbreak.
Eat New Zealand has secured up to $275,000 of government funding to support its multi-day Feast Matariki festival.
Again Again is holding a free seminar on moving to reuse as a systemic replacement to single-use container packaging.
New Zealand’s expertise in sustainable food systems has been highlighted at Expo 2020’s Food, Agriculture and Livelihoods Business Forum in Dubai.
ChristchurchNZ has launched the its second annual Food, Fibre and Agritech Supernode Challenge.
Wānaka food and wine festival Ripe will take place online on 19 March, the same day the cancelled live event was due to take place.
New Zealand’s largest wine event will be heading to three main centres later this year.
Hellmann’s mayo, Mexican avocados, Lay’s chips and Bud seltzer were among the advertisers forking out US$6m+ for TV spots during the weekend’s Super Bowl.
Wanaka’s food and wine festival has been cancelled this year because of the current red-light Covid-19 restrictions.
A Bay of Plenty food event plans to go ahead despite current Covid-19 restrictions.
The West Coast’s Wildfoods Festival has been scrapped, the first time in its 34-year history, due to Covid capacity restrictions at the red setting.
Beverage makers report strong peak summer sales, although rising costs and event cancellations eat into performance.
After running the inaugural event in 2021, New Zealand Winegrowers will be kicking off the second New Zealand Wine Week on 8 February 2022.
Christchurch has won a bid to host an international congress in 2023 for the Asia Pacific Seed Association (APSA) at the Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre.
The Wild Fermentary’s Smoky Kāpeti beats 65 other finalists to win the supreme award.
The products and businesses that represent the best of Aotearoa’s food and beverage producers will be recognised at the New Zealand Food Awards.
The free NZ Pass Verifier app to scan and verify My Vaccine Passes is now available for businesses and events to download.
F&B businesses should be over-investing in an omnichannel strategy to stay competitive in an increasingly digital environment, says the research consultancy.
Citrus NZ said the new date for its conference, field trip, special general meeting and dinner will be 3 March 2022 in Gisborne.
Chia Sisters co-founder Chloe Van Dyke is one of five female entrepreneurs selected to pitch at Rise Up for a $10,000 prize.
A festival of carbon-zero New Zealand food will run alongside a new event in Auckland next year addressing the world’s agrifood climate challenge.
The Kāpiti Food Fair has been cancelled due to Covid uncertainty.
An e-commerce business that provides a tailored drinks delivery service for parties, weddings and events is gearing up for summer after its initial Auckland launch in August was thwarted by the city going in level 4 lockdown.
Food producers are increasingly putting sustainability at the core of their business but feeding populations must be a partnership between the private sector and government, says Food Industry Asia executive director Matt Kovac.
More than 160,000 people have visited the New Zealand Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai since it opened on 30 September.
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Developing a deeper engagement with New Zealand’s food system could unlock a greater opportunity to build cross-sector connections between the food and tourism industries.
A national dialogue or kōrero on how to enhance Aotearoa New Zealand’s food system is about to commence, led by the Mana Kai Initiative.
The annual Eat New Zealand and Restaurant Association Food Hui is under way.
The pandemic provides an opportunity to examine and set a future pathway for New Zealand’s food system.
Fonterra chief operating officer Fraser Whinerary and former Kono chief executive Rachel Taulelei join a heavy-hitting line up of keynote speakers at this year’s APEC CEO Summit, being hosted from Auckland, New Zealand.
Eat New Zealand and the Restaurant Association have made the decision to move their Food Hui 2021 online.
The New Zealand Food & Grocery Council has moved its annual conference to 11-13 May 2022 at the Millennium Hotel in Queenstown.
Mānuka honey exporter Comvita has launched an immersive experience at Expo 2020 Dubai to bring bees, people and nature together.
The inaugural Beef + Lamb New Zealand Awards has been delayed until early next year.
Fonterra, Comvita and Zespri are three of the big New Zealand food firms looking to boost their exposure in the United Arab Emirates through Expo 2020 Dubai, which launched overnight after a year’s Covid delay.
The 2021 Hospitality Awards for Excellence will be held on 23 November at Auckland Museum, as long as the city is at Covid-19 alert level 1.
The gala dinner for Massey University’s New Zealand Food Awards and the Grocery Charity Ball have been pushed back due to the Delta outbreak.
The Otago University Students Association has chadged the date of the The Dunedin Craft Beer and Food Festival to the weekend of 3 – 4 December 2021.
Prime minister Jacinda Ardern is one of more than 90 world leaders who are set to participate in the historic UN Food Systems Summit next week.
A month out from Expo 2020, NZ trade commissioner for the UAE, Kevin McKenna, tells the Ticker about the opportunities for Kiwi food and beverage exporters.
Eat New Zealand and The Restaurant Association have postponed this year’s Food Hui until 1 and 2 November.
With New Zealand remaining in lockdown until at least Tuesday 24 August, Zespri’s scheduled grower roadshows starting today, 23 August have been postponed.
Visa Wellington On a Plate’s intends to restart Burger and Cocktail Wellington at Level 2 for those venues who choose or are able to take part, after the event was scuppered by alert level 4 lockdown.
The hospitality sector acknowledges the necessity of the snap lockdown, which deals another blow to struggling businesses and scuppers events.
Brewers from all over New Zealand are rolling out their wares to the capital to take part in today’s trade show ahead of welcoming 16,000 thirsty punters for the 20th annual two-day Beervana beer festival in Wellington.
Growers, suppliers, industry leaders and government stakeholders from around the country will this week gather at Toi Toi event centre in Hastings for the NZ Apples and Pears 2021 conference.
Danny Meyer will be one of the keynote speakers at the inaugural New Zealand Hospitality Summit at the Trusts Arena in Auckland on 8-9 September.
Nominations are now open for Aucklanders to nominate their favourite dish for the 2021 Iconic Auckland Eats list.
BioTechNZ and AgriTechNZ are leading an event addressing cell-based agriculture which can create food products from cell cultures as opposed to whole plants or animals.
The Auckland Food Show starts today at the Auckland Showgrounds running through until August 1.
SkyCity restaurant Huami is staging an immersive cultural experience in conjunction with Heart of the City’s Elemental Festival in Auckland.
More than 250 exhibitors including more than 100 new companies are set to take the floor at the upcoming Auckland Food Show.
The New Zealand seafood and horticulture sectors both have their annual conferences scheduled for next month, with delegates expected to hear from a range of government, industry and inspiration speakers at the respective events.
A handful of Food & beverage events from across the country have made the shortlist for the 2021 NZ Events Association New Zealand Event Awards after a record 108 entries were received.
For the fifth year in a row Venture Taranaki is working with local food producers to showcase local produce at the upcoming Auckland Food Show.
Food events and hospitality will play a big part in the Elemental AKL Festival launching tomorrow in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
New Zealand’s food and beverage industry must build up its story for the return of international visitors, says Wellington Culinary Events’ CEO.
New Zealand’s primary industry stakeholders will gather in Christchurch from today for the annual two day Primary Industries New Zealand Summit 2021.
Vendor applications are now open for the Dunedin Craft Beer and Food Festival which takes place this October.
Business collaboration specialist Incahoots has teamed up with New Zealand Food Innovation Network’s FoodBowl to hold a food & beverage workshop on 9 August in Auckland.
Eat New Zealand’s national food celebration Eat Matariki, which runs from 21 June – 8 July, has a raft of events this weekend ahead of Matariki rising on 2 July, followed by more in its final week.
Uncertainty surrounds events scheduled for Auckland’s ASB Showgrounds after the venue suddenly announced its liquidation on Tuesday.
From meat to mascarpone, the winners are announced with a Wairarapa business reigning supreme.
A new collective which aims to elevate the coastal Bay Of Plenty’s food story and provide the platform to identify new commercial opportunities in the food and hospitality space has been launched.
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Hundreds of treats and tipples have been on show at Fine Food New Zealand at Auckland’s ASB Showgrounds this week.
From what is said to be the world’s first pre and probiotic soda through to a 100% natural tea bag, the Ticker talks to four companies about what they are doing that is different this year at Fine Food New Zealand.
Day two of Fine Food New Zealand at Auckland’s ASB Showgrounds.
Fieldays, the Southern Hemisphere’s largest agricultural event, returns to Mystery Creek near Hamilton tomorrow after a one-year hiatus of the in-person event due to Covid-19.
A smorgasbord of food industry producers, distributors and retailers will file through the doors of Auckland’s ASB Showgrounds on Sunday for the opening of Fine Food New Zealand 2021.
The Riddet Institute is today hosting Feed our Future: A New Zealand Sustainable Food Systems Dialogue.
A new research facility which will unlock deeper opportunities for Nelson Tasman food producers has been opened in Riuwaka near Motueka.
Annual trade show and conference confirmed for 7-9 June despite Victoria lockdown.
The 2021 Apiculture New Zealand Conference will see hundreds of beekeepers and others from the industry gather in Rotorua next month after the event was scuppered by Covid-19 last year.
Tickets have gone on sale for New Zealand’s first craft chocolate festival with organisers confirming Melbourne chocolate-maker Birdsnake will be at the event.
As seafood lovers head to sold-out Bluff Oyster and Food Festival, MPI widens testing for parasite found in the region.
Horticulture New Zealand is putting resilience and recovery at the centre of its annual conference being held in August this year.
Described as the biggest food and fibre event of the year, the Boma NZ Agri Summit kicks-off in Christchurch this morning.
Delegates from around the country are converging on the Manawatu for the 2021 New Zealand Agrifood Week.
Summerfruit NZ has opened registration for the Growing strong – Success in a changing world conference.
The Wellington Food Show returns to the capital next in May, after being scuppered by Covid-19 in 2020.
Emerging Proteins Dinner event coincides with release of FoodHQ report on alt-proteins.
The Christchurch event will feature international and local speakers, interactive workshops, expert panels, cross-sector networking and more.
Marlborough Bayleys Friday Night Feast is back for 2021, showcasing the region’s food, wine and other beverages.
Social enterprise and food poverty fighter Whenua Warrior is one of 20 Māori organisations featured at the inaugural Tāmaki Makaurau Taki Hua Māori Business Showcase.
There will be no scallops at this year’s Whitianga Scallop Festival due to a rahui on the collection of the shellfish.
The winners will be announced at the 10th F.A.W.C! Summer Series this November.
Hospitality NZ and the NZChefs Association are to host the inaugural NZ Hospitality Summit and trade show in September.
It was the first time the event would take place in two years.
Agtech firm WayBeyond is taking up the sustainability challenge for Earth Day 2021.
United Fresh will lead a United Nations Independent Dialogue as part of the UN’s global initiative, the Food Systems Summit.
Climate change, international research trends and the changing global honey market to be discussed at the Apiculture NZ Conference.
More than 300 people attended the very first Queenstown Long Lunch, providing some much welcomed business for Queenstown Mall venues.
he big thinkers, innovators and thought leaders in agritech and agrifood will come together for the 2021 New Zealand AgriFood Week, taking place 3-9 May in Manawatū.
A team of second year Wintec Culinary Arts students will deliver the Leading the Way Lunch at Wintec, as part of the Feast Waikato Festival.
The inaugural Annual Southern Hemisphere Fresh Fruit Trade congress takes place today.
Wānaka’s inaugural food and wine festival Ripe drew 2000 festival goers on Sunday 21 March at Corbridge Woolshed.
The Food Show Christchurch will make its returning this April after Covid saw the event cancelled in 2020.
The food and fibre event will be held 11-12 May at the Christchurch Town Hall.
Thousands of people attended the festival at the Christchurch Botanic Gardens.
The event was expected to attract more than 200 local and international exhibiting companies and 4000+ qualified visitors.
There will be 40 lots of wine, many of which were being specially blended, at this year’s event.
Southland will host the Savour the South – Eat Drink Play & Stay event, as the region looks to elevate its reputation as a food and beverage destination.
New Zealand’s inaugural Food Waste Summit, Te Hui Taumata Moumou Kai o Aotearoa, will take place at Villa Maria Winery on Monday 22 March.
Venture Taranaki will host its second Branching Out event, Avocados: The Taranaki Opportunity.
Ten Queenstown Mall eateries have come together to launch the Queenstown Long Lunch.
South Taranaki’s Taste of the World multicultural food and music festival will take place on Friday 12 March.
Organisers say the event will start 2021 with a loss.
New Zealand wineries, breweries and popular Auckland eateries will be front and centre of the February event.
Local food vendors will take centre stage at the new Taste of Hastings event being held on December 3.
The event is finally getting its day, after Covid-19 pandemic postponed its earlier dates
It’s being held in March next year at Spark Arena.
Feast Marlborough is urging venues, food producers, and event organisers to help each other develop a new series of events.
Twenty thousand children across 250 schools are taking part in a Zespri Young and Healthy Virtual Adventure.
The Walking Supper is being held next Monday.
The foodie event did not run in 2019.
The Kāpiti Food Fair is partnering with Coastella to provide musical entertainment for this year’s event.
More than 100 activities and experiences are set to take place at numerous local venues during this year’s Auckland Diwali Festival.
The 17th OpenAir Cinema season will start on 27 December 2020 at Black Barn Vineyards in Havelock North.
The five-day event is being held next month.
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