🥖 Meet the team! Max Fuhrer — Arobake founder & Master Baker (Aka chief, cook and bottle washer!) — started his baking journey in 1989 in a small bakery in Aro Valley in Wellington. Fast forward 30+ years later – a bigger bakery and shop across the road from the original, a team of 30, […]
We couldn’t be any prouder to announce that We Love Local has now returned $1 million across 150+ small businesses in Aotearoa! 🥳 From the beginning, when we first started in Kāpiti in 2018, our goal was to showcase and celebrate Kiwi artisan producers. Since then we have expanded into Wellington and finally — all […]
The magic of New Zealand’s taste capital has been captured in our new limited edition giftbox, launched especially for this year’s Visa Wellington On A Plate festival. We’re celebrating producers participating in the festival, or whose products are used byrestaurants taking part, and our new gift box features some fantastic limited editions –including a cocktail […]
Are you in for the Dry July Challenge? We’re donating $2 to the Dry July NZ Trust for every limited-edition Zero Alcohol Drinks Care Package sold (or choose from one of our other alcohol-free gifts). Dry July raises funds to help improve the comfort, care and wellbeing of New Zealanders affected by cancer. They’re proudly […]
Central Otago is known for its long, dry summers, stunning autumn colours, crisp winters and rush of new life in spring, not to mention jaw-dropping scenery wherever you turn, but there’s also a special kind of alchemy going on. On the quiet shores of the unbelievably blue Lake Dunstan, the olive trees of Dunford Grove […]
Otago artisans, makers, distillers, vintners and brewers are the latest local producers to be showcased on the national stage as we expand into the region to meet the ever-increasing demand from Kiwis to back their backyards. We have now returned almost $1 million dollars to small businesses all over NZ since 2020 by sourcing only […]
Meet the team at The Fudge Cottage, New Zealand! For decades this family-owned Christchurch business has been handcrafting the finest artisan fudge from a traditional family recipe. 🥛 Their deliciously creamy fudge is made using fresh New Zealand milk and cream combined with carefully selected natural ingredients. We are thrilled to include The Fudge Cottage […]
We’re officially launching our closed-loop system today, allowing recipients to send back our wooden boxes for future gifting. Of course, we would love nothing more than for recipients to keep the wooden box and use it as they see fit — we hear the boxes make great cat beds or help keep cupboards tidy. But […]
Wairarapa is known for sprawling vineyards with wineries attached, but in the heart of the Greytown, the district’s only urban winery is doing things a little differently. Alexia is the result of a labour of love, a winery built in the community where its founders live, their children go to school and their hearts lie. […]
Findex has recently approached the We Love Local team to create a local corporate gifting campaign with NZ-made products, and today, we’re proud to share the final result. Their goal was to include products from each region of New Zealand it has a presence in and send a gift to 500+ clients nationwide to thank […]
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