May
Bluff Oyster & Food Festival
www.bluffoysterfest.co.nz
Coromandel Seafood Fest
Facebook
Feast Marlborough
www.feastmarlborough.nz New for 2018
Food Show (Wellington)
www.foodshow.co.nz
International Food and Culture Festival (Whangarei)
www.whangareinz.com New for 2018
NZ Hot Sauce Festival (Auckland)
www.sweatshopbrew.co.nz
Pinot & Prosciutto (various locations)
www.cloudybaypinotandprosciutto.co.nz New for 2018
The Great Eketahuna Cheese Festival
Facebook New for 2018
The Great NZ Food Show (Hamilton)
www.greatnzfoodshow.co.nz
The World of Wine Festival (Auckland)
www.theworldofwinefestival.nz New for 2018
June
Auckland Beer Week
Facebook
FAWC - Food & Wine Classic (Hawke's Bay)
www.fawc.co.nz
GABS Beer, Cider & Food Festival (Auckland)
www.gabsfestival.com
Le Renault French Festival (held in Auckland and Wellington in June)
www.frenchfestival.nz New for 2018
Matariki Waitohi - Picton Kai
www.marlboroughnz.com part of
Picton Matariki Festival New for 2018
NZ Boutique Wine Festival (Auckland)
www.boutiquewine.co.nz
Okere Falls Store Strong Beer Festival (Rotorua)
www.okerefallsstore.co.nz
Winetopia (Auckland & Wellington)
www.winetopia.nz
July
A Mid Winter's Ale Festival (Cathedral Square, Christchurch)
www.canterburybeerfestival.co.nz
Bastille Day Street Festival (Remuera, Auckland)
Canterbury Truffle Festival
www.canterburytrufflefestival.nz
Edible Fashion Awards (Hastings)
www.ediblefashionawards.co.nz
Food Show (Auckland)
www.foodshow.co.nz
Gizzy (Gisborne) Food Month
Facebook
Tauranga Coffee Festival
Facebook New
The Seriously Good Food Show (Tauranga)
www.seriouslygoodfoodshow.co.nz
Winetopia (Wellington)
www.winetopia.nz
Winter Ales Festival (Wellington)
www.craftbeercapital.com
August
Beervana (Wellington)
www.beervana.co.nz
Chocolate Festival (Wellington) (? 2017)
www.chocolatefestival.co.nz
Onam Vegetarian Festival (part of
Restaurant Month in Auckland)
www.iticket.co.nz New
Restaurant Month (Auckland)
www.heartofthecity.co.nz
Tutukaka Coast Boutique Beer Festival
Visa Wellington On a Plate
www.wellingtononaplate.com
Wine & Food Celebration (Auckland)
www.event.foodandwine.co.nz
September
BMW Oktoberfest (Auckland)
Beer & Bacon Festival (Auckland)
www.sweatshopbrew.co.nz New
CHB The Festival (Hawkes Bay)
www.thefestival.org.nz
FermentFest (Hamilton, moved from October to September)
www.waikatofoodinc.com
Otahuhu Ethnic Food Festival (Auckland)
www.foodfestival.co.nz
Pinot Palooza (festival of pinot noir in Auckland)
Facebook New
Port Chalmers Seafood Festival
www.festival.portchalmers.com (returns 2017)
The Coffee & Chocolate Show (Auckland)
www.chocolatecoffeeshow.co.nz
Vegan Vibes (Mount Maunganui)
Whitianga Scallop Festival
www.scallopfestival.co.nz
October
Akaroa French Festival
www.akaroa.com
Festival Italiano (Newmarket, Auckland)
www.festivalitaliano.co.nz
it! Bay of Islands Food & Wine Festival
paihianz.co.nz
JFC Food & Sake Expo (Auckland)
www.asbshowgrounds.co.nz New
Mexfestival (Auckland)
www.mexfestival.com
Matakana Oyster & Wine Festival
www.matakanaoysterfest.co.nz New
NZ Cheese Month (nationwide)
www.nzsa.org.nz
Okere Falls Beer Fest (Rotorua)
www.okerefallsstore.co.nz
Oktoberfest (Wellington)
www.oktoberfest.co.nz
Rosebank Oktoberfest (Christchurch)
Seafest (Kaikoura)
www.seafest.co.nz
The Shakespeare Brewery's Annual
Oktoberfest (Auckland)
Vegan Expo (Christchurch)
www.vegetarianchristchurch.org.nz
Waiheke Island of Wine Expo (Auckland)
www.waihekewine.co.nz
Westport Whitebait Festival
www.westcoast.co.nz New
Whitebait Festival Haast
www.westcoast.co.nz New
November
Art in the Olives Festival
www.telegraphhill.co.nz (Hastings) part of
F.A.W.C.
Bikes, Bands & BBQS (Auckland)
www.motat.org.nz New
Central Districts Wine & Food Show (Palmerston North)
Facebook New
Dunedin Craft Beer & Food Festival
www.dunedinbeerfest.co.nz
FAWC - Food & Wine Classic (Hawkes Bay)
www.fawc.co.nz
Fiesta Del Sol (Auckland)
Facebook New
Kapiti Coast Festival (incorporating Mary Potter Hospice Strawberry Festival)
kapiticoastfestival.nz
New Zealand Cider Festival (Nelson)
www.nzciderfestival.com
Ocean Vine Hop (Marlborough)
www.oceanvinehop.co.nz New
St Francis Wine & Food Festival (Auckland)
Facebook New
Taste of Auckland
www.tasteofauckland.co.nz
Te Matuku Oyster Festival (Waiheke Island)
www.tematukuoysters.co.nz (returns 2018)
Toast Martinborough Wine, Food & Music Festival
www.toastmartinborough.co.nz
December
Beers at The Basin (Wellington)
www.beersatthebasin.co.nz New
Christchurch/South Island Wine & Food Festival
www.winefestival.co.nz
Cromwell Cherry Festival
www.centralotagonz.com
Kapiti Food Fair
www.kapitifoodfair.net
Waimate Strawberry Fare
www.waimatestrawberryfare.co.nz
January
Bridge Pa Wine Festival (Hawkes Bay)
Beast of a Feast (Mt Maunganui)
Central Otago Pinot Noir Celebration (Queenstown)
www.pinotcelebration.co.nz (returns 2018)
Cromwell Food & Wine Festival
www.cromwellheritageprecinct.co.nz
Gladstonebury Festival of Music, Craft, Food & Wine (Wairarapa)
https://gladstonebury.co.nz New for 2018
Great FitzRoy Mussel Fest (Great Barrier Island)
www.thebarrier.co.nz
Katikati Avocado Food & Wine Festival
Facebook New for 2018
Sarau Festival (Upper Moutere)
www.saraufestival.co.nz
Summer Beer Festival (Queenstown)
Tairua School Wine & Food Festival
www.tairuawineandfood.co.nz
The Great Kiwi Beer Festival (Christchurch)
www.greatkiwibeerfestival.co.nz
Wellington Wine, Food & Craft Beer Festival
www.wineandfoodfestival.co.nz (moved from March to January)
February
Chow & Tipple Food, Wine & Beer Festival (Cambridge)
www.chowandtipple.co.nz New for 2018
Clevedon Jazz, Wine & Food Festival
Facebook (returns 2019)
Coromandel Oyster Fest
www.musselkitchen.co.nz
Greater Wellington Brew Day (Upper Hutt)
www.brewday.co.nz
International Kai Festival (Nelson)
www.itson.co.nz
Kawhia Kai Festival
Marlborough Wine & Food Festival (Blenheim)
www.wine-marlborough-festival.co.nz
Meatstock - The Music & Barbecue Festival (Auckland)
www.meatstock.co.nz New for 2018
Nelson Wine and Food Festival
www.bwff.co.nz
North West Wine, Beer & Food Festival (The Hunting Lodge, Waimauku, Auckland)
Facebook
Rotorua Summer Seafood Festival
Facebook
Sunshine and a Plate Food Festival (Whakatane) (February/March)
www.sunshineandaplate.nz
Takapuna Food, Wine & Music Festival
www.takapunafestival.co.nz New for 2018
Twizel Salmon & Wine Festival
www.twizel.info
Wild Stock (Wellington)
Facebook New for 2018
Wine & Food Wind Down (Blenheim)
www.vinesvillagecafe.co.nz
March
Auckland Coffee Festival
www.aucklandcoffeefestival.co.nz
Beer Appreciation Day (Havelock North)
www.beerappreciationday.co.nz
Burning Lamb (Auckland)
www.burninglamb.co.nz New for 2018
Gibbston Wine & Food Festival (Queenstown Gardens)
www.gibbstonwineandfood.co.nz (returns 2019)
Harcourts Mangere Bridge Autumn Festival
Havelock Mussel & Seafood Festival
www.havelockmusselfestival.co.nz
Heritage Harvest Festival (Riverton)
www.sces.org.nz
Hokitika Wild Food Festival
www.wildfoods.co.nz
Hokonui Moonshiners Festival (Gore)
www.moonshinefest.co.nz (returns 2019)
Kaimoana at the Park (Napier)
www.hawkesbaynz.com New for 2018
Kegkoura Craft Beer Festival (Kaikoura)
www.emporiumbrewing.co.nz
Mangawhai Food & Wine Festival
www.mangawhai.co.nz
MarchFest (Nelson)
www.marchfest.com
Marton Harvest Fair
Facebook New for 2018
Melt Festival of Chocolate (Easter - Rotorua)
www.meltrotorua.co.nz New for 2018
Nelson Beer Week
www.nbw.co.nz New for 2018
North Canterbury Wine & Food Festival
www.ncwineandfood.co.nz
Oyster Festival (Princes Wharf, Auckland)
www.eurobar.co.nz New for 2018
Sunshine and a Plate Food Festival (Whakatane) (February/March)
www.sunshineandaplate.nz
Waiheke Island Wine & Food Festival
www.festival.waihekewine.co.nz (returns March 2019)
Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival
www.wairarapaharvestfestival.co.nz
Whangarei Fritter Festival
Facebook
Whiskey Galore's Dramfest (Christchurch)
Facebook (returns 2018)
April
A Taste of Matarangi
www.atasteofmatarangi.co.nz
Auckland Indonesian Festival
www.aucklandindonesianfestival.com
Better Food Fair, part of Go Green Expo (Auckland)
www.gogreenexpo.co.nz
Clyde Wine & Food Festival
www.promotedunstan.org.nz
Craft Beer Capital Hopstock (Wellington)
Fermentation Fantasia (Christchurch)
Facebook New for 2018
Food Show (Christchurch)
www.foodshow.co.nz
Gin Jubilee (Auckland)
www.ginjubilee.com New for 2018
Hop'N'Vine Craft Beer, Wine & Food Festival (Invercargill)
www.hopnvine.co.nz
Melt Festival of Chocolate (Easter - Rotorua)
www.meltrotorua.co.nz New for 2018
Motueka Kai Fest
www.motuekakaifest.nz New for 2018
Pie, Pint & Pinot (part of Arrowtown Autumn Festival)
www.arrowtownautumnfestival.org.nz
SOBA Mountain Ales Craft Beer Festival (Taranaki), see
SOBA Taranaki
The Great Pumpkin Carnival (Hamilton)
www.thegreatpumpkincarnival.co.nz
The Smallest Beer Festival (Paekakariki)
Facebook New for 2018
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