Local Wild Food Festival
The Local Wild Food Festival is one of the Eastern Bay of Plenty’s most iconic events, celebrating abundant food found in our diverse natural environment.
Showcasing food from the land, rivers, lakes and sea, the festival brings together resourceful people passionate about sustainable living. You won’t find anything too wild or whacky at our wild food festival – just good food foraged, grown, caught or hunted from our environment.
Join us for a day of wild food tastings, demonstrations, cooking challenges and live music set amongst ancient Pohutukawa, overlooking the Best Beach in Aotearoa.
Join in on the popular Mystery Box team event. Sessions will be rolling all day on the hour, each hour, with various secret ingredients hidden away until the last moment. You and your workmates, friends or whānau groups will get a chance to cook the best dish using our on site kitchens and hopefully winning something exciting from the prize table.
Registrations for the Mystery Box will open in January (keep an eye on our Whakatāne.nz socials for announcements).
Tickets on sale from 1 December
Early Bird – $15 (including booking fee)
Gate Sales – $20 (16 years and over)
Children – under 16 free.
Team Mystery Box Challenge
Whether you are a local business, community group or team of family or friends the Local Wild Food Festival Mystery Box Challenge is for you!
The team Mystery Box Challenge was a highlight of the 2024 event. In teams of 3-4 members, you will be given a box of items thanks to our local food producers, which you must use to create a dish to WOW the judges!
Registrations to be opened and prizes to be announced. Keep an eye on our page for further info to come...
Event Details
Mahy Reserve
Ōhope3121
New Zealand
Early Bird – $15 (including booking fee) | Gate Sales – $20 (16 years and over) | Children – under 16 free.