New Zealand Food & Drinks Events – October
1
OCT
Point Chevalier Community Centre
18 Huia Rd, Point Chevalier, Auckland
Street Food at Point Chev is back again bringing some more phenomenal food trucks! The perfect way to kick start the weekend with great food, live music and great vibes with your local community.
8
OCT
Bledisloe Park, Pukekohe, Auckland
The perfect way to kick start the weekend with great food, live music and great vibes with your local community. You just can't beat a food truck night!
9
OCT
Caroline Bay, Timaru Port, Timaru
Yes, you’ve read right : ‘Bandquet’ because this event brings together food, drinks and music to satisfy taste-buds and ear-buds!
9
OCT
Caroline Bay, Timaru Port, Timaru
Yes, you’ve read right : ‘Bandquet’ because this event brings together food, drinks and music to satisfy taste-buds and ear-buds!
15-16 OCT
Wellington Waterfront Walk, 200 Barnard St, Wellington
From the creators of the Wellington Lantern Festival, Lumino City is a 2 day event centred around food. Enjoy a stroll on the waterfront and eat your way around multiple stalls.
16
OCT
Multiple locations
Learn creative new ideas to use up those forgotten ingredients hiding at the back of your fridge.
Feed your family for less by loving your leftovers, with hints on how to create delicious and nutritious dishes from common leftovers.
16
OCT
La Mer Lounge, New Plymouth Raceway, 1 Rogan St, Welbourn, New Plymouth
Meet the makers, attend gin theatre presentations, enjoy some food from your favourite New Plymouth vendors and sample signature G&Ts from 8 different distilleries.
16
OCT
Mona Vale Homestead and Gardens, 40 Mona Vale Ave, Riccarton, Christchurch
Picture this: It's a glorious Christchurch spring day, there’s music flooding the Mona Vale Gardens and you're in your Saturday best with a gin in one hand and a tasty treat in the other. Welcome to the Spring Gin Festival!
You'll get the chance to test some of the best gins on the market at the festival's tasting stations and Build-Your-Own Bar. You can choose to try bits of everything, or create your own gin cocktail combination, with a little help from the experts.
17
OCT
The Trusts Arena, 65-67 Central Park Dr, Henderson, Auckland
If you had a blast at the Holi Festival this year then Diwali is a must attend! Join the organisers for a fun-filled day and night of lively performances, amazing food and crafts and our famous fireworks display. Did we mention food?
19-21 OCT
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
A 3 day conference organised by the Infant Nutrition Council focusing on new products, services and research in the Health & Fitness, Wellness, Science & Research industries.
20-21 OCT
Novotel Auckland Airport, Ray Emery Dr, Auckland Airport
ProteinTECH covers what alternative protein means for the New Zealand primary industries and what opportunities we have to get on board with these new technologies.
23 OCT
Soper Reserve, 95 Newton St, Mt Maunganui
Vegan Vibes is a celebration of all things Vegan. It's aimed at giving people the tools to live sustainably and having that ethos at the forefront of their minds with their everyday living. Vegan Vibes' purpose is to educate and entertain through food, products, talks, performance and exhibitions, whether you're an omnivore, vegan, vegetarian or flexitarian!
24 OCT
Olivers Central Otago Lodge & Stables, 34 Sunderland St, Clyde
This unique New Release Tasting allows you to meet the vineyard owners, chat with the winemakers and of course be the first to sample the New Release wines on offer all whilst enjoying the complementary cheese, crackers & bread and live music.
24 OCT
Matawhero Wines, RD1/189 Riverpoint Rd, Matawhero
Gisborne’s very own festival celebrating wines from 3 local vineyards with food and live music.
28 OCT
148 Coronation Rd, Mangere Bridge, Auckland
Tongan Day Festival celebrates the uniqueness of being Tongan. There'll be dancing, singing, modelling of Tongan Attires, yummy Tongan food, arts and crafts stalls.
28 OCT - 1 NOV
Craggy Range, 253 Waimarama Rd, Havelock North
A 5 day retreat filled with yoga and wellness treatments, beautiful food and amazing wine from New Zealand’s number 1 winery.
29 OCT
Remuera Club, 27-33 Ohinerau St, Remuera, Auckland
Long tables, sausage sizzle, German music, games, lederhosen and beer. A lot of beer. These are some of the things you can expect.
29-30 OCT
Forsyth Barr Stadium, 130 Anzac Ave, Dunedin Central
Dunedin, this one’s for you! Live music from great local New Zealand musicians, tasty food and your favourite drinks!
30 OCT
The Grand Hall, New Zealand Parliament Buildings, 1 Museum St, Wellington
A series of 3 health focused public meetings highlighting the power of plant-based whole foods to restore health to millions of New Zealanders.
30 OCT
Everybody Eats, 306 Onehunga Mall, Auckland
The Food Truck Collective is heading back to Onehunga as it starts to heat up again for summer! Hosting alongside their pals Everybody Eats, come along and try some of Auckland's best street food, plus a pop up bar!
30 OCT
Catalina Bay Farmers Market, Hudson Bay Rd Ext, Hobsonville, Auckland
The Food Truck Collective, Catalina Bay Farmers Market are excited to be bringing you a Halloween Night Market with a pop-up bar, great food and spooky vibes!
30 OCT
Brewtown, 27 Blenheim St, Upper Hutt
Our resident breweries are inviting their brewery mates from across Aotearoa to hang out for a day at Brewtown doing what they love best – talking about beer, serving their world-class beer to happy customers, matching beer with delicious food and chilling out to great sounds, taking in the atmosphere that is Brewtown.
30 OCT
The Historic Village, 17th Ave West, Tauranga South, Tauranga
Celebrating all things Bavarian, think traditional Oktoberfest right in Tauranga. Tickets include entry to the event, stein, food and a complimentary beer from one of the selected breweries.
30-31 OCT
TSB Auditorium - Shed 6, 4 Queens Wharf, Te Aro
A 2 day food fair where you can try food and beverages from a wide range of exhibitors. With a strong focus on health products, this is a food court on (good) steroids.
31
OCT
Glendhu Station, Wanaka Mount Aspiring Rd, Glenghu Bay
A long lunch at the gorgeous Glendhu station feasting off local produce while talking about community resilience and localising food with one of the founders of the South Coast Environmental Centre (SCEC). Robyn Guyton will be there to share her gems of wisdom about building up communities and enhancing food resilience and environmental awareness.
