Mother's Day at Onslow

Sunday 12 May

Auckland
$140pp

Take the mum in your life to Onslow for a four-course set menu and a surprise treat from Sans Ceuticals. Bookings available for lunch and early dinner.

Mother's Day High Tea at Earl

Sunday 12 May
From 11:00am

Christchurch & Canterbury
$65pp

The team at Earl have put together special menu for their annual Mother's Day high tea, featuring seven courses of delectable treats and live jazz.

Addy & Lou Mother's Day High Tea

Sunday 12 May
From 10:00am

Christchurch & Canterbury
$39pp

Celebrate the wonderful women in your life with a Mother's Day high tea at Addy & Lou, including a selection of sweet and savoury treats, drinks, and the option to add on a bunch of seasonal flowers.

Greystone Harvest Party

Saturday 17 May
6:00pm – 11:00pm

Christchurch & Canterbury
$50pp

Join Greystone in celebrating the end of a beautiful harvest with delicious food, wine and beer, and some local DJs. Chef Cam Woodhouse from Greystone, Maty Johns from Brew Moon and Josh Hunter from Food by Fire will be cooking whole Greystone hogget over the fire, served with harvest mezze plates full of local ingredients. Bus transport options available. BYO camping chairs and picnic blankets.

Taste of Made

Every Saturday
10:00am – 2:00pm

Hamilton

Enjoy free tastings and samples every Saturday at Made from selected vendors, including Bare, Expleo, Pirongia Mountain Vegetables, RedKitchen and Mezze.

Urban Wine Walk

Saturday 27 April – Saturday 18 May

Urban Wine Walk™ is a self-guided wine-tasting experience that takes place all over the world on a Saturday afternoon, including Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Napier and New Plymouth. Each experience features local bars and restaurants offering a wine-tasting experience from exciting winemakers – all within walking distance of each other.

Whole Fish Dinner at Graze Wine Bar

Monday 20 May

Wellington
$95pp

Graze is cooking up another banging collab, inviting guest chef Quentin Ville-Renon from NOWA to showcase his passion for zero waste cooking with a whole fish dinner – from scale to tail. The beautiful butterfish has been supplied by Strait Speared and each part will be used across 5 courses.

Rated - E: A Story by Eugeneous Evan

Sunday 19 & Monday 20 May
6:30pm

Wellington
$99pp

An event that invites you to embark on a culinary adventure like no other. Imagine a full-on movie with 6 exquisite chapters reimagined into 6 delectable (and fully meatless) courses, set in an intimate setting at Hillside Kitchen & Cellar. $15 from every ticket is donated to Everybody Eats.

The Kaibosh Charity Quiz

Tuesday 21 May
6:00pm

Wellington
$60 per team of 6

Parrotdog and Two Girls One Taco are teaming up to present The Kaibosh Charity Quiz. Join them for a night of quizzing, raffles and good food with 100% of ticket sales going to Kaibosh to support their mission of providing food to people in need that would otherwise go to waste.

Space Academy: Poets & Prophets

Thursday 23 May
Doors open 7:00pm

Christchurch & Canterbury
$15

Poets & Prophets is an evening of song and story, set in a writers round. An evening of deep cuts, and personal favourites, where listeners are able to hear some of the more intimate and lesser heard pieces by local artists – and a chance for artists to bare their hearts on their sleeves and share some of their art at it's most vulnerable.

Pasta Party at The Village

Friday 24 May
7:00pm – 10:00pm

Auckland
$125pp

Head along to the first edition of The Village's new monthly Pasta Party event. This month, the food is created in collaboration with Petra Galler from Butter Butter and Dave from Good Spirits. Each ticket includes a margarita on arrival, Italian sharing menu, Mediterranean snacks, fresh pastas for the table and a big helping of tiramisu.

Kebabs at KOL

Thursday 23 & 24 May

Auckland
$95pp

Inspired by a recent trip to India, Sid from Kol in Auckland is recreating Indian kebabs for two nights only. The special menu is designed to share between friends and will feature traditional kebabs cooked to perfection over fire or a classic tandoor oven.

Court Theatre Garage Sale

Saturday 25 May
9:00am – 3:00pm

Christchurch & Canterbury

As they gear up to move to their new city location in 2025, The Court Theatre is hosting a Garage Sale Event with some amazing bargains. Expect a treasure trove of vintage and retro goodies from the overflowing costume, props, set, and lighting/sound departments, with prices ranging from $2 to $350.

Avenues x Earl: Wāhine Toa

Sunday 26 May
From 1:00pm

Christchurch & Canterbury
$85pp

Avenues is rounding up some of the best female chefs in town to host a seven-course long lunch at Earl. The event will include a glass of Greystone Wines rosé, a Q&A with Jasmine Black from Greystone Wines, and a conversation with each chef hosted by Sam Parish.

Mr. Pickles x Two Rivers

Wednesday 29 May
6:30pm

Hamilton
$75pp Wine Only // $130pp Wine & Food

A special collab between Jono & Mat from Mr. Pickles, winemaker David Clouston, awesome human Joe Scoon from Procure Wine, and Head Chef JK Baek. Enjoy seven delicious wines from Two Rivers with the option to add on a light dinner.

Jura Wine Dinner at Margot

Friday 31 May

Wellington
$200pp

Celebrate the beautiful Jura wine region of France with Margot in Wellington, as they put on a five-course set menu with matching wines selected by Jonathan from The Last Drop.