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Thorn PR
Thorn PR tells the stories of change-makers, innovators and creators: amplifying their brands and creating positive change.
Thorn PR is a public relations agency based in Wellington, New Zealand, providing powerful PR & digital expertise to creators, innovators and disruptors.
Our experienced team works with some of New Zealand's most well-known brands through media relations, media training, digital strategy and activation, content creation, government relations and strategic advice - amplifying brands and creating positive change through purposeful storytelling.
We like to work with brands and companies who aren't afraid to try new things, have a sense of adventure and want to get creative.
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Funding Boost Sets The Table For Wellington’s Biggest Food And Beer Festivals Yet
Tuesday, 10 February 2026, 11:42 am | Beervana
New events funding announced today will help position Wellington as a major Southern Hemisphere food capital. More >>
New NZ-Grown Tech Cuts Costs And Admin For Sole Traders Getting Paid
Thursday, 15 January 2026, 1:43 pm | Volley
Fuller says the service will be exclusive to Hnry’s New Zealand customers, reflecting the company’s focus on local innovation, even as it expands into Australia and the UK. More >>
Wellington Creative Studio Behind Rare Bitcoin Book Sold In Abu Dhabi
Tuesday, 16 December 2025, 11:49 am | KISSLabs
Bit / History of Bitcoin was conceived and curated by KISSLabs Creative Director Caspian Ievers, following more than three years of research and collaboration with artists and craftspeople around the world. More >>
Wellington Chocolate Factory Brings A Taste Of Hawai‘i Home
Thursday, 20 November 2025, 12:48 pm | Wellington Chocolate Factory
The bar’s wrapper showcases artwork by Lehuauakea, a contemporary indigenous Hawaiian artist known for large-scale installations and modern works on kapa, traditional barkcloth made from the paper mulberry tree (wauke). More >>
BCITO And Dignity Join Forces To Support Women Apprentices In The Trades
Monday, 17 November 2025, 3:53 pm | Dignity
BCITO currently supports around 13,000 apprentices across 16 trades, including carpentry, joinery, painting, decorating and stonemasonry. Currently, women make up around 6% of BCITO’s apprenticeships. More >>
Kiwis Embrace Open Banking As Givealittle Adopts New Payment Technology
Thursday, 13 November 2025, 3:27 pm | Volley
Jack Callister, co-founder of Volley, says they’re thrilled to see how quickly Kiwis are embracing open banking technology through platforms like Givealittle. More >>
Matcha Made In Heaven: Karen Walker & WCF Unveil Pistachio Chocolate Collab
Thursday, 9 October 2025, 9:16 am | Wellington Chocolate Factory
Wellington Chocolate Factory co-founder Gabe Davidson describes the new offering as elegant, balanced and bold. More >>
WCF Unveils New Pasifika Range With Samoa Single-Origin Bar
Thursday, 2 October 2025, 6:10 pm | Wellington Chocolate Factory
Wellington Chocolate Factory co-founder Gabe Davidson says the Samoan bar is the first of six that will complete the Pasifika collection, which will be released between now and 2027. More >>
ASA Doobious Ruling Proves Stigma Remains, And Patients Are The Ones Paying
Wednesday, 1 October 2025, 3:47 pm | HELL
Doobious was a limited-release pizza designed to get people talking about changing attitudes towards cannabis, particularly medicinal use. It came with a baggie of dried herbs (sage and oregano) and a limited number of HELL branded grinders. More >>
HELL Rolls Out New Pizza Aimed To Spark Conversation About Cannabis Use
Friday, 29 August 2025, 10:10 am | HELL
Doobious is topped with Kiwi farmed free-range pulled pork, crispy onion rings, and a BBQ and chipotle sauce. The baggie of dried sage and oregano is designed to be freshly ground and sprinkled on top. More >>
Hops, Hazies And 4,636m² Of Beer Heaven - Beervana Returns To Wellington
Monday, 18 August 2025, 3:23 pm | Beervana
Festival Director Ryan McArthur is expecting to clock close to 30,000 steps a day, as he welcomes more than 60 local and international brewers and upwards of 12,000 punters from across the country – and the globe – to ‘beer heaven’. More >>
Tickets On Sale For Beervana 2025 As South Korean Brewers Join Line-Up
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 8:42 am | Beervana
Three breweries from South Korea will travel to Wellington for Beervana, where they'll be joined by more than 60 brewers from across New Zealand, as well as from Australia and the Pacific, showcasing the depth and diversity of the Asia Pacific craft beer More >>
HELL Serves Up ‘The Final Peckoning’ To Support Kids' Mental Health
Friday, 23 May 2025, 7:18 am | HELL
Mitey is currently in 227 NZ schools, reaching 75,000 students; however, CEO Sarah Manley says there’s growing demand for their service as more tamariki grapple with mental health challenges. More >>
From Beats To Treats: Fat Freddy’s Drop & WCF Jam SLO MO Chocolate Delight
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 9:46 am | Wellington Chocolate Factory
The roots between Fat Freddy’s Drop and Wellington Chocolate Factory (WCF) run deep, with WCF co-founder Gabe Davidson, a musician himself, first meeting Fat Freddy’s horn players, Toby Laing, Joe Lindsay and Scott Towers at the Wellington Music Conservatorium ... More >>
NZ Hazelnuts Take Centre Stage In New Karen Walker Collaboration
Monday, 7 October 2024, 10:27 am | Wellington Chocolate Factory
On the first bite, the chocolate-covered hazelnuts deliver a short, sharp tang of freeze-dried raspberries, followed by the satisfying hazelnut crunch, ending with Wellington Chocolate Factory’s (WCF) classic milk chocolate infused with a delicate ... More >>
HELL Reading Challenge Celebrates Ten Years And 14 Million Books Read By Kiwi Kids
Tuesday, 27 August 2024, 3:48 pm | HELL
Reading has become so popular at Evans Bay Intermediate that its library is often at capacity and has to turn away keen readers, and since 2014, its students have read more than 41,000 books as part of the HELL Reading Challenge, which celebrates ... More >>
Beervana Kicks Off Tomorrow, With Late Ticket Sales Surge Bringing Sweet Relief
Thursday, 22 August 2024, 5:23 pm | Beervana
Late sales surge brings sweet relief as Beervana sessions sell out More >>
2024 Chocolate Dreams Finalists Announced
Thursday, 22 August 2024, 1:37 pm | Wellington Chocolate Factory
Imaginations have run wild for nine aspiring chocolate makers selected by the NZ public as finalists in Wellington Chocolate Factory’s 2024 Chocolate Dreams competition. More >>
“Art That Moves You” - New Immersive Art Space Opens In The Capital
Friday, 5 July 2024, 11:32 am | The Grid Art Space
Wellington is being invited to step into another world as a brand-new immersive art space opens in the heart of the capital today; with home-grown artists bringing their work to this popular medium, including an exhibition exploring Wellington’s infamous ... More >>
Calling All Big Kids And Dreamers: WCF’s Chocolate Dreams Returns For 2024
Friday, 5 July 2024, 10:59 am | Wellington Chocolate Factory
If you’ve ever dreamt of being Willy Wonka for a day and creating your own chocolate bar, then it’s time to let your imagination run wild as Wellington Chocolate Factory’s Chocolate Dreams returns for 2024, and this year it’s open to all ages. More >>
