Visiting New Zealand

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Permalink Reply by Rik Roper on December 19, 2011 at 9:23pm

Hi Danielle

We are still building our factory but you are welcome to drop by and sample some pacific origin trinitario chocolate - we're on the North Shore in Auckland.

If you are looking for scenic wonders then just stick to the bottom end of the South Island. If you like beaches then head to the Coromandel or Bay of Islands. Great Barrier Island is an awesome place if you want to get away from it all.

Regards

Rik

Maloko Chocolate

Permalink Reply by Stu Jordan on December 20, 2011 at 1:36am

Hi Danielle,

Like Rik, we are in the process of setting up our factory and it won't be ready until April/May-ish.

Retail shops to visit:  The Sweetest Little Chocolate Shop in Queen Street (Auckland CBD) only sell New Zealand made chocolate, and have products from all over New Zealand - well worth a visit.

In terms of chocolatiers well worth a visit, I'd say the following:

Colestown Chocolates (St Luke, Auckland - not open to public so contact them first)

Chocolate Brown (Warkworth, north of Auckland, New Zealand)

Makana Chocolates (keriKeri, as north as you can get almost in New Zealand, they also are set up in Nelson (top of South Island)

Bohemian Chocolates (Wellington) - haven't tried them but heard great things.

Schoc Chocolates (Greytown, which is near the bottom of the North Island) - one of NZs best

Like anywhere, there is a lot of mediocrity in our chocolate industry here in New Zealand but there are some other good ones here too :)

Stu

Permalink Reply by Clay Gordon on December 20, 2011 at 1:53pm

I don't know anything about them, but I am Facebook friends with Nadine Porter / Bull Rush Chocolates in Ashburton.

Permalink Reply by Alison Holland on December 21, 2011 at 2:26pm

Hi Danielle, We have a small bean to bar factory in Cromwell making single origin bars. Queenstown / Wanaka which are nearby are both well worth dropping into for their scenery alone. 

Other Chocolatiers to add to your list are Van H in Christchurch and L'affaire au Chocolat in Wellington and Bennett's of Mangawhai an hour or two north of Auckland.

All the best for your travels

Cheers

Alison

White Rabbit Cacao