Kaikoura Farmers' Market

30/06/2026

Winter has arrived. July is here or should I say “PIE” is here! With school holidays approaching and travel to and from Kaikoura, it is the Perfect time to grab a gorgeous North Canterbury Pie!

We can’t wait to see who all the Pie hard fans are and who is going to get PIE-ngo by being first to try all 18 pie stops!!

For the super, PIE HARD fans, Kaikoura has the bonus PIE round at Middlehurst Station Farm Store Seal Kayak Kaikoura Beach House Cafe Kaikoura

Kaikoura Visitor Centre

The MADE NORTH CANTERBURY Pie Trail is a fun, digital, winter campaign celebrating pies MADE in NORTH CANTERBURY during the month of July!

17/06/2026

“Kaikōura District Council have put out 50 Year Economic Development Strategy. The strategy is good but misses capturing Kaikōura’s way of life. Those that grow, fish, hunt, bake, make, heal, preserve, cook and live here for the abundance that nature brings.

Are you a:
🐄 Farmer working with the land
🪶 Hunter, forager, fibre maker, carver, grower and teacher.
🎣 Recreational fisher turning a day's blue cod and crayfish into kai on your plate.
🌿 Rongoā workshops teaching native plant medicine and traditional knowledge, clinic days and traditional healing.
🍳 Farm cooking school using local food, mountains to sea.

A group of passionate community members have put together a submission to council around our local regenerative community but they need your support.

How to Help:
📝 Learn more, tell us what you think, add your name to the Submission
https://kpmo.co.nz/KK_SR_Submission/

👥Tag people in the comments who should hear about this — farmers, makers, fishers, teachers, healers, hunters, growers — and send them the link: https://kpmo.co.nz/KK_SR_Submission/

07/06/2026

Celebrate the shortest day and world localisation day on 21 June but creating the shortest meal!

The shortest meal is simply a meal that has had to travelled the least amount of distance. It could be pumpkin soup from your garden, lamb from Middlehurst Station Farm Store, veges and produce from Kaikoura Co-Op , fresh caught kaimoana, hunted venison and more. Simply creat a meal from local, regional or New Zealand products.

Don’t forget to wash it down with Emporium Brewing, Esses W**e Company or Mt fyffe distillery

Don’t forget to tag us in on your posts!

Turn the packet over….When we stop and think about where our food comes from, we can change everything.✨

On Sunday 21 June, New Zealand’s shortest day and World Localisation Day ( ) - we’re inviting everyone to make The Shortest Meal: one meal, made from New Zealand grown food.

It doesn’t have to be fancy. A bowl of NZ-grown oats. Fresh bread baked with NZ-milled flour. Roasted winter vegetables from a local grower. A slow braise with NZ-raised meat and local legumes. Any NZ-grown ingredient counts.

The Shortest Meal is presented by .newzealand and - and it’s open to every home cook, café, bakery, and restaurant in the country.

Save the date: Sunday 21 June 2026. Make it. Share it. Via

29/03/2026

“If you can afford the (often small) increase in cost, and buy NZ-grown food, understand that this purchasing decision has huge downstream affects. It saves jobs, livelihoods and builds a world of abundance that we all benefit from.

It also helps us purposefully design a food system that can both export for economic advantage and nourish our own people.”

Locally you can support Kaikoura Co-Op Middlehurst Station Farm Store Emporium Brewing Mt fyffe distillery Esses W**e Company BeeBox Kaikoura Madz Sourdough bake house Kaikoura

Our own food is disappearing from our supermarket shelves, says Eat NZ CEO Angela Clifford.

17/09/2025

For those of you that gather, dive and fish, Kaikōura Marine Guardians are currently seeking input into the Kaikoura crayfish fishery. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Kaikouracrayfish2025

Fishing, Hunting, foraging, gathering and farming are at the heart of our food system. To be part of a wider national discussion, join the Eat New Zealand hui in Auckland on 6 & 7 October. https://eatnewzealand.nz/the-eat-new-zealand-hui-2025/

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13/08/2025

If you are passionate about the New Zealand food system, particularly in relation to small producers, knowing your fisher and your farmer, than don't miss this opportunity to be part of the discussion.

It is based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland but is on opportunity to be part of a national discussion around eating and supporting local and creating healthy food communities.

We’re Celebrating 10 Years of Eat New Zealand!
Monday 6th & Tuesday 7th October, 2025

AUT, Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland

Ten years ago, a conversation in Ōtautahi Christchurch changed everything. Chef Giulio Sturla () brought together chefs, producers, media, academics, and food leaders to ask bold questions about the future of food in Aotearoa. That spark became Eat New Zealand—a decade-long movement to shape our food story and reconnect us with our kai.

Now we’re celebrating ten years of this kaupapa with two unforgettable days of talks, ideas, and connection in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland, alongside our friends at AUT (), The Centre for Critical Food Studies, and The Pacific Food Lab (.aotearoa).

We’ll reflect on where we’ve come from, explore the challenges we face, and look ahead to the future of food systems in Aotearoa.

Tickets are now available and they’re limited. Let’s work on what comes next, together.

https://events.humanitix.com/the-eat-new-zealand-hui

11/07/2025

Whilst the Kaikoura Farmers' Market is currently in a
hiatus, we highly recommend visiting:

Kaikoura Co-Op
Middlehurst Station Farm Store
BeeBox Kaikoura
Esses W**e Company
Emporium Brewing
Mt fyffe distillery

Along with great cafes such as Beach House Cafe Kaikoura, Sime’s Kitchen Kaikoura and Flo & Co. Cafe who all use great local products whenever possible.

02/02/2025

For lovers of soil, regenerative farming and food systems, this is the event for you!

UNDERGROUND is New Zealands regenerative food, farming and music festival, held in the beautiful w**e valley of Waipara in North Canterbury. Join us in February 2025 at Greystone W**es to celebrate with 250 other growers, farmers and eaters.

06/01/2025

Perfect place to get you freshly cooked Crays!

"I have never had a summer off in my life," Johnny Clark, whose grandfather started Nins Bin, says.