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Whittaker’s indulges fruit lovers with two new Artisan Collection flavours
Whittaker’s indulges fruit lovers with two new Artisan Collection flavours

Whittaker’s is delighted to bring back two fruit lovers’ favourites, Raspberry & New Zealand Strawberry 100g, and Gisborne Orange & Hazelnut 100g, now showcasing local ingredients, as part of its core New Zealand Artisan Collection.  

Ready, steady, fish! Freshwater season licenses now on sale
Ready, steady, fish! Freshwater season licenses now on sale

Fishing licences are on sale today as anticipation builds for the upcoming season. “Spring is on its way, and today marks a key date in the diary for keen anglers,” said Fish & Game New Zealand chief executive Corina Jordan. “With the season starting on October 1, it’s a good idea for anglers to get in early and grab their licence so they can focus on sorting their gear and planning trips with friends.

Spawning monitoring – measuring to manage 
Spawning monitoring – measuring to manage 

Fish & Game staff throughout the country are busy conducting spawning surveys for trout and salmon to ensure there are sustainable fisheries for the future and to check up on stream and river health. Fish & Game New Zealand chief executive Corina Jordan said there were a range of ways to monitor spawning, from using fish traps to walking up a stream and counting. 

Featured Artist - Catherine Macdonald
Featured Artist - Catherine Macdonald

New Zealand artist Catherine Macdonald creates drawings & prints, makes & illustrates objects & furniture, and writes, illustrates & publishes books.

Artwork - Just as they fall (Catherine MacDonald)

Featured Artist - Kimbra Taylor
Featured Artist - Kimbra Taylor

Kimbra has a Diploma in Visual Communications from the Wellington School of Design and a teacher's certificate.

“I worked in an advertising agency as an illustrator and visualiser, The Evening Post as an illustrator and then became a freelance illustrator. I worked with Thomas Nelson publishing firm and illustrated many children's books. One of the paintings from a book I illustrated was given to the author for her birthday. I felt very honoured and delighted to be able to share this with her as a gift.” Kimbra shares

Appointments to the New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust Board
Appointments to the New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust Board

The Minister for Hunting and Fishing, Hon. Todd McClay, has appointed board members to the New Zealand Game Bird Habitat Trust. The Game Bird Habitat Trust is an independent public entity established under the Wildlife Act 1953. Its functions include improving New Zealand’s game bird habitat and the habitat of other wildlife.

Featured Artist - Jane Comben of Pogo Design
Featured Artist - Jane Comben of Pogo Design

“When I moved to NZ, I ended up in Wellington. There was much less packaging work so I moved into print design and branding, and the more government-focused work of the Wellington market. 

After working in agencies, I created Pogo Design when my son was school-age. I wanted the flexibility to manage school holidays etc. I often tell people my biggest work success to date is walking my son through the gate of the local school.” – Jane

Whittaker’s celebrates the people behind their chocolate this World Chocolate Day
Whittaker’s celebrates the people behind their chocolate this World Chocolate Day

World Chocolate Day on 7 July is a chance for Whittaker’s to celebrate our relationships with our cocoa farmers and other ingredient suppliers in New Zealand and around the world, staff at our one factory in Porirua, our ethical sourcing partners, our local community and our Chocolate Lovers. 

Game bird hunters and anglers encouraged to enrol ahead of Fish & Game elections
Game bird hunters and anglers encouraged to enrol ahead of Fish & Game elections

Licensed anglers and game-bird hunters are being urged to enrol so they can vote in the upcoming Fish & Game elections. 

New Zealand’s 12 regional Fish & Game Councils are elected by licence holders every three years and voting in the 2024 election opens on 19 September. 

Licence holders must register to be on the electoral roll to be eligible to vote in their region.

A Matariki Gift from Artist Helen Casey
A Matariki Gift from Artist Helen Casey

With Matariki upon us and School Holidays just around the corner we hope to create a tradition with some of New Zealand’s finest Artists that helps make this time memorable for Whanau across Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Down the Magic Morepork is a colouring in project for Matariki.

Sip, sip, hoorah – top 50 under $25 New World wines

Sip, sip, hoorah – top 50 under $25 New World wines

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Tamaki Makaurau - The Giesen Estate riesling, Rapaura Springs' reserve sauvignon blanc and the Church Road chardonnay are the winners the annual releases of the 2022 New World Wine Awards Top 50 wines under $25. 

The list reveals the best-of-the-best in thew 20th annual New World wine competition after expert judges swirled, sniffed, tasted, debated and scored their way through more than 1200 different wines to determine the 50 top-ranked gold medal winners.  

Co-chair of the judges Sam Kin says the multi-winning wines and wineries are their excellence year after year, bottle after bottle.  

“Their achievements are great news for wine-drinkers who are on the lookout for quality and consistency at an affordable price, and well worth a toast.” 

Also returning to the Top 50 as a champion is the Lindauer Vintage Series Brut Cuvée 2017, great value at under $20 for a bottle-fermented Kiwi bubbly that could easily rival a favourite French champagne.  

In the reds, boutique wine company SOHO Wines is celebrating a momentous third year in the top 50 with their SOHO Bobby Marlborough Pinot Noir 2021 taking out champion pinot.

The 2022 New World Wine Awards Top 50 – all under $25  are:

Wine name and vintageVarietyOriginScoreChampionsAnchorage Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2022Sauvignon BlancNelson95 Arrogant Frog Ribet Pink Rosé 2021RoséFrance95 Brancott Estate Letter Series O Marlborough Chardonnay 2021ChardonnayMarlborough95 Castillo Ducay Cariñena 2020Red BlendsSpain95 Church Road McDonald Series Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2021ChardonnayHawke's Bay96Champion Chardonnay & Champion White Wine of the ShowEsk Valley Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022Sauvignon BlancMarlborough95 Gancia Prosecco Rosé DOC 2020BubblesItaly95 Giesen Estate Riesling 2021AromaticsNew Zealand95 Graham Norton Prosecco DOCBubblesItaly95 Grande Cuvée 1531 de Aimery Brut RoséBubblesFrance95 Grant Burge Fifth Generation Cabernet Merlot 2021Red BlendsAustralia95Champion Red BlendJacobs Creek Double Barrel Shiraz Cabernet 2019Red BlendsAustralia95 La Vieille Ferme Rosé 2021RoséFrance95 Leftfield Hawkes Bay Pinot Gris 2022Pinot GrisHawke's Bay95 Lindauer Vintage Series Brut Cuvée 2017BubblesGisborne96Champion BubblesMain Divide North Canterbury Gewürztraminer 2020AromaticsNorth Canterbury95 Mount Riley Marlborough Albariño 2022AromaticsMarlborough96Champion AromaticMount Riley Marlborough Pinot Noir 2021Pinot NoirMarlborough95 Mud House Single Vineyard Home Block Waipara Valley Pinot Gris 2021Pinot GrisNorth Canterbury95 Mud House Waipara Valley Riesling 2022AromaticsNorth Canterbury95 Pepperjack Barossa Shiraz 2020Shiraz & SyrahAustralia95Champion Shiraz & SyrahRapaura Springs Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2022Sauvignon BlancMarlborough96Champion Sauvignon BlancRoaring Meg Central Otago Pinot Noir Rosé 2022RoséCentral Otago95 RUA Pinot Noir 2021Pinot NoirCentral Otago95 Russian Jack Marlborough Pinot Gris 2022Pinot GrisMarlborough96Champion Pinot GrisSacred Hill Hawke's Bay Rosé 2022RoséHawke's Bay95 Sacred Hill Reserve Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2020ChardonnayHawke's Bay95 Saint Clair James Sinclair Gimblett Gravels Syrah 2021Shiraz & SyrahHawke's Bay95 Saint Clair Origin Marlborough Pinot Gris 2021Pinot GrisMarlborough95 Selaks Taste Collection Hawke's Bay Rosé 2022RoséHawke's Bay96Champion RoséSOHO Bobby Marlborough Pinot Noir 2021Pinot NoirMarlborough96Champion Pinot Noir & Champion Red Wine of the ShowSOHO Ziggy Marlborough Pinot Gris 2022Pinot GrisMarlborough95 Squawking Magpie First Flight Chardonnay 2020ChardonnayHawke's Bay95 Stoneleigh Rapaura Marlborough Chardonnay 2021ChardonnayMarlborough95 Sugar Loaf Southern Valleys Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020Pinot NoirMarlborough95 Taylors Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2020Single Variety RedsAustralia95 The Last Shepherd Gisborne Chardonnay 2021ChardonnayGisborne95 Thornbury Hawkes Bay Rosé 2022RoséHawke's Bay95 Tohu Awatere Valley Marlborough Pinot Noir 2019Pinot NoirMarlborough95 Trapiche Oak Cask Malbec 2021Single Variety RedsArgentina95 Vavasour Awatere Valley Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022Sauvignon BlancMarlborough95 Verde BrutBubblesGisborne95 Vigneti Romio Romagna DOC Sangiovese Superiore Riserva 2018Red BlendsItaly95 Villa Maria Private Bin East Coast Pinot Gris 2022Pinot GrisOther / Regional Blend95 Villa Maria Private Bin Hawkes Bay Merlot 2021Single Variety RedsHawke's Bay95 Vina Borgia by Borsao Organic Garnacha 2020Single Variety RedsSpain95 Wairau River Estate Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022Sauvignon BlancMarlborough95 Wild Grace Hawke's Bay Syrah 2021Shiraz & SyrahHawke's Bay95 Yalumba Y Series Tempranillo 2021Single Variety RedsAustralia96Champion Single Variety RedYealands Reserve Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022Sauvignon BlancMarlborough95

The Giesen Estate Riesling, Rapaura Springs reserve sauvignon blanc and the Church Road chardonnay are the winners the annual releases of the 2022 New World Wine Awards Top 50 wines under $25. 

The list reveals the best-of-the-best in thew 20th annual New World wine competition after expert judges swirled, sniffed, tasted, debated and scored their way through more than 1200 different wines to determine the 50 top-ranked gold medal winners.  

Co-chair of the judges Sam Kin says the multi-winning wines and wineries are their excellence year after year, bottle after bottle.  

“Their achievements are great news for wine-drinkers who are on the lookout for quality and consistency at an affordable price, and well worth a toast.” 

Also returning to the Top 50 as a champion is the Lindauer Vintage Series Brut Cuvée 2017, great value at under $20 for a bottle-fermented Kiwi bubbly that could easily rival a favourite French champagne.  

In the reds, boutique wine company SOHO Wines is celebrating a momentous third year in the top 50 with their SOHO Bobby Marlborough Pinot Noir 2021 taking out champion pinot.

The 2022 New World Wine Awards Top 50 – all under $25  are:

Wine name and vintageVarietyOriginScoreChampionsAnchorage Nelson Sauvignon Blanc 2022Sauvignon BlancNelson95 Arrogant Frog Ribet Pink Rosé 2021RoséFrance95 Brancott Estate Letter Series O Marlborough Chardonnay 2021ChardonnayMarlborough95 Castillo Ducay Cariñena 2020Red BlendsSpain95 Church Road McDonald Series Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2021ChardonnayHawke's Bay96Champion Chardonnay & Champion White Wine of the ShowEsk Valley Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022Sauvignon BlancMarlborough95 Gancia Prosecco Rosé DOC 2020BubblesItaly95 Giesen Estate Riesling 2021AromaticsNew Zealand95 Graham Norton Prosecco DOCBubblesItaly95 Grande Cuvée 1531 de Aimery Brut RoséBubblesFrance95 Grant Burge Fifth Generation Cabernet Merlot 2021Red BlendsAustralia95Champion Red BlendJacobs Creek Double Barrel Shiraz Cabernet 2019Red BlendsAustralia95 La Vieille Ferme Rosé 2021RoséFrance95 Leftfield Hawkes Bay Pinot Gris 2022Pinot GrisHawke's Bay95 Lindauer Vintage Series Brut Cuvée 2017BubblesGisborne96Champion BubblesMain Divide North Canterbury Gewürztraminer 2020AromaticsNorth Canterbury95 Mount Riley Marlborough Albariño 2022AromaticsMarlborough96Champion AromaticMount Riley Marlborough Pinot Noir 2021Pinot NoirMarlborough95 Mud House Single Vineyard Home Block Waipara Valley Pinot Gris 2021Pinot GrisNorth Canterbury95 Mud House Waipara Valley Riesling 2022AromaticsNorth Canterbury95 Pepperjack Barossa Shiraz 2020Shiraz & SyrahAustralia95Champion Shiraz & SyrahRapaura Springs Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2022Sauvignon BlancMarlborough96Champion Sauvignon BlancRoaring Meg Central Otago Pinot Noir Rosé 2022RoséCentral Otago95 RUA Pinot Noir 2021Pinot NoirCentral Otago95 Russian Jack Marlborough Pinot Gris 2022Pinot GrisMarlborough96Champion Pinot GrisSacred Hill Hawke's Bay Rosé 2022RoséHawke's Bay95 Sacred Hill Reserve Hawke's Bay Chardonnay 2020ChardonnayHawke's Bay95 Saint Clair James Sinclair Gimblett Gravels Syrah 2021Shiraz & SyrahHawke's Bay95 Saint Clair Origin Marlborough Pinot Gris 2021Pinot GrisMarlborough95 Selaks Taste Collection Hawke's Bay Rosé 2022RoséHawke's Bay96Champion RoséSOHO Bobby Marlborough Pinot Noir 2021Pinot NoirMarlborough96Champion Pinot Noir & Champion Red Wine of the ShowSOHO Ziggy Marlborough Pinot Gris 2022Pinot GrisMarlborough95 Squawking Magpie First Flight Chardonnay 2020ChardonnayHawke's Bay95 Stoneleigh Rapaura Marlborough Chardonnay 2021ChardonnayMarlborough95 Sugar Loaf Southern Valleys Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020Pinot NoirMarlborough95 Taylors Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2020Single Variety RedsAustralia95 The Last Shepherd Gisborne Chardonnay 2021ChardonnayGisborne95 Thornbury Hawkes Bay Rosé 2022RoséHawke's Bay95 Tohu Awatere Valley Marlborough Pinot Noir 2019Pinot NoirMarlborough95 Trapiche Oak Cask Malbec 2021Single Variety RedsArgentina95 Vavasour Awatere Valley Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022Sauvignon BlancMarlborough95 Verde BrutBubblesGisborne95 Vigneti Romio Romagna DOC Sangiovese Superiore Riserva 2018Red BlendsItaly95 Villa Maria Private Bin East Coast Pinot Gris 2022Pinot GrisOther / Regional Blend95 Villa Maria Private Bin Hawkes Bay Merlot 2021Single Variety RedsHawke's Bay95 Vina Borgia by Borsao Organic Garnacha 2020Single Variety RedsSpain95 Wairau River Estate Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022Sauvignon BlancMarlborough95 Wild Grace Hawke's Bay Syrah 2021Shiraz & SyrahHawke's Bay95 Yalumba Y Series Tempranillo 2021Single Variety RedsAustralia96Champion Single Variety RedYealands Reserve Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022Sauvignon BlancMarlborough95

Photo: NWWA 22 Co Chairs Sam Kim and Jen Parr

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Kip Brook has more than 25 years’ international and national news media experience. He was appointed to London in 1997 to be New Zealand media’s UK-Europe Bureau Chief Correspondent. Kip has covered NZ Prime Minister overseas tours, world leaders’ summits, major disasters, All Black tours, NZ cricket team tours, Olympic Games and many international events. He has won three NZ journalist of the year media awards.

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