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Wildfoods Festival Brings $6.5 Million to Hokitika Region
Monday, 11 June 2012, 10:53 am | Wildfoods Festival
Visitors to the 2012 Hokitika Wildfoods Festival generated expenditure of $6.5 million in the Westland District economy, according to a new report by Business and Economic Research Ltd (BERL). More >>
Wild Times at Wildfoods Festival
Sunday, 11 March 2012, 12:18 pm | Wildfoods Festival
For over 20 years, the Hokitika township has played host to a celebration of wild foods, wild drinks and wild times – and this year was no exception. More >>
Final Tickets Selling Fast for Wildfoods Festival
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 11:32 am | Wildfoods Festival
With just over a week to go, tickets to one of New Zealand’s more unique food festivals have been “running out the door”. Now in its 23rd year, the Wildfoods Festival will be held in Hokitika on Saturday, 10 March, and will be opened by Hon ... More >>
New Exclusive Wine Partner for Wildfoods Festival
Monday, 13 February 2012, 1:04 pm | Wildfoods Festival
A new wine partner has been selected as the wine of choice for the 2012 Wildfoods Festival. Based in Marlborough, Tohu will be the exclusive wine supplier at the Hokitika event, to be held on 10 March. More >>
Hokitika Wildfoods Festival
Sunday, 13 March 2011, 7:25 pm | Wildfoods Festival
Christchurch contingent takes a breather at Hokitika Wildfoods Festival A large contingent of Canterbury gourmands and stallholders took a breather from the post-earthquake clean-up in Christchurch to join in the stomach-challenging fun at the Hokitika Wildfoods ... More >>
Earthquake volunteers get big thanks from Hokitika
Monday, 7 March 2011, 4:37 pm | Wildfoods Festival
Volunteers from the Student Volunteer Army and Farmy Army will take a well earned break at this weekend’s Hokitika Wildfoods Festival after festival organisers offered 500 free tickets to those wishing to attend. More >>
Hokitika Wildfoods Festival: Where the Wild Foods Are
Friday, 11 February 2011, 4:16 pm | Wildfoods Festival
When you go down to the Wildfoods Festival in Hokitika on Saturday March 12, you’d better go in disguise for every creature that ever there was will gather there to eat or be eaten. As picnics go, the festival has spent the past 21 years earning ... More >>
Upper Hutt Goes Rural for the weekend
Friday, 15 October 2010, 5:19 pm | Wildfoods Festival
Many people have a love for good food, hunting and the outdoors. Over Labour Weekend Upper Hutt’s rural focus takes over with the staging of the Rimutaka Tavern Wildfood and Hunting Weekend. Over the last couple of years organizers have added new elements ... More >>
Food Glorious Food at Hokitika Wildfoods Festival
Monday, 15 March 2010, 12:44 pm | Wildfoods Festival
This year’s world-famous Hokitika Wildfoods Festival – the 21st – was one of the best yet and will generate up to $3 million for the West Coast economy, said organiser Mike Keenan. More >>
21st Hokitika Wildfoods Festival all set to go
Wednesday, 17 February 2010, 2:17 pm | Wildfoods Festival
21st Hokitika Wildfoods Festival all set to go – now ranked in World’s top 300 events – plus Hokitika linked English Baron to judge best food More >>
Double take for Topp Twins
Thursday, 2 March 2006, 3:04 pm | Wildfoods Festival
Topp Twins Jools and Lynda will more than see double, they’ll go cross-eyed when they take their characters Ken and Ken and Camp Mother and Camp Leader to the 17th Hokitika Wildfoods Festival on Saturday March 11. More >>
Veterans no strangers to wildfoods experience
Wednesday, 1 March 2006, 9:15 am | Wildfoods Festival
Veterans of the Armed Services – many of them well-used to living off the land – will swell the throng at the 17th Hokitika Wildfoods Festival on Saturday, March 11, as part of their celebration of the Year of the Veteran. More >>
Hokitika Wildfoods Features Sunshine And Fun
Monday, 14 March 2005, 9:11 am | Wildfoods Festival
A near capacity crowd of 18,000 once again took their taste buds on roller coaster trip of a lifetime at the 16th annual Hokitika Wildfoods Festival at the weekend. More >>
Hokitika Wildfoods’ corny beer cups
Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 11:51 am | Wildfoods Festival
The weird and wacky Hokitika Wildfoods Festival has an answer to just about everything and this year it includes offering beer in cups made from corn that will turn into compost and be eaten by worms six weeks later. More >>
How fearful is a Wildfoods feral factor contest?
Wednesday, 26 January 2005, 3:22 pm | Wildfoods Festival
For $1000, seven fearless gourmets will control their chucking-up instincts, hold their noses, close their eyes, open wide and down cow udders and pig snouts in double-quick time in the Feral Factor contest at the 16th Hokitika Wildfoods Festival in March ... More >>
Goat balls in one hand wildflower tea in the other
Friday, 12 November 2004, 4:33 pm | Wildfoods Festival
There’s nothing like wildflower tea to wash the goat’s testicles down your gullet, wildfood gourmets say. More >>
Benefits Of Hokitika Wildfoods Sell-Out Spread
Monday, 15 March 2004, 9:51 am | Wildfoods Festival
The fifteenth annual Hokitika Wildfoods Festival has injected more than $3 million into local coffers from a sell-out day on Saturday with patrons fully supporting new rules including street glass bans, restrictions on freedom camping and a limit ... More >>
Wildfoods Tickets Hotter Than Curried Pigs’ Tongue
Friday, 5 March 2004, 4:00 pm | Wildfoods Festival
The annual Hokitika Wildfoods Festival is still a week away and tickets are proving to be hotter than one of this year’s new dishes, curried pigs’ tongue, says festival organiser, Mike Keenan. More >>
Snail Pilgrimage in Progress
Thursday, 4 December 2003, 10:31 am | Wildfoods Festival
Motorists have been asked to observe extreme caution. Snails have left their homes and are on the road beginning their slow annual plod toward Hokitika to make sure they arrive in time for next year’s Hokitika Wildfoods festival. More >>
Hokitika Gets Congrats From All Over
Wednesday, 1 October 2003, 3:50 pm | Wildfoods Festival
The response to the Hokitika Wildfoods Festival winning a major New Zealand tourism award earlier this month has been almost as good as winning the award. More >>
