Hokitika Wild Food Festival

The Wild Food Festival is a celebratation of the unique West Coasts lifestyle, food and hospitality. The Wild Food Festival is held in March (March 11th 2006) when the population of Hokitika quadruples, with up to 18,000 people attending the festival. The Wild Food Festival has been held annually in Hokitika since 1989.

The Wild Food Festival is famous for the special West Coast food that is on offer. At the festival you will find possum pies, huhu grubs, ows’ udders, Chatham Island seagulls, paua titties (roe), bull, lamb and goat testicles, gorse flower wine and gourmet garden snails, and magpie pies. There is also plenty of West Coast whitebait for those not so keen to try the interesting wild foods.

To wash down the 'Wild Foods' there is plenty of the West Coast's most famous beer Monteiths on tap. There are three stages at the festival where there is living music and entertainment all day long.

Tickets are limited to 18000 festival goers. Tickets can be purchased at your nearest Postie Plus Store, or from the Hokitika Information office. A limited number of tickets may be available at the gates.

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