Category: Updates

Another market visit, this time on beautiful Waiheke Island. Discovered some lovely local products at Waiheke Ostend Market for our Auckland gift boxes.

Happy Small Business Day! Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently (just like the Baked Dane crew pictured above). It’s never been easier to support small businesses around Aotearoa in one single purchase. With our recent expansion into […]

The majority of our wooden gift boxes are made by The Shed Project — a community space in Paraparaumu on the Kāpiti Coast, providing opportunities for people with disabilities. Since starting our little business in 2018, The Shed Project have manufactured several thousand wooden boxes to use for your gifts, and we wouldn’t be where […]

The end of another busy and exciting week. Thanks so much Thorn PR for helping us tell our story and bring new products to life. Watch this space!

Only two weeks until Easter! You can now select your gift box to be sent to your loved ones for Easter. Simply choose the Easter delivery service option when purchasing your gift and we will hold on to your gifts and make sure they arrive on time. We’ve got lots of yummy sweet treats in […]

You can now pay for your gift with Afterpay when buying from We Love Local. Afterpay allows you to pay in 4 instalments for your gift box purchase. Simply choose the Afterpay option during checkout and your gifts will be on the way in no time — that’s gifting made easy. P.S. Please use this […]

In addition to only stocking local products and keeping the distance between suppliers and you as short as possible, you can now even further reduce the carbon footprint by choosing to offset emissions when buying your next gift thanks to New Zealand business CarbonClick. Local carbon offset projects CarbonClick supports carbon offset projects in NZ […]

Did you know we offer same-day gift delivery throughout Wellington? Give us a call if you need this express service and Victor and his team from Xcouriers will take care of it.

Giving back is in our DNA. That’s why we’re excited to further our social impact by setting aside 1% from every sale for One Percent Collective supporting amazing local charities such as Kaibosh, Fair Food, Nga Rangatahi Toa, and others.