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THE BEST culinary and foodie tours in North Island (Updated July 2026)

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Check out the Top 10 North Island Food & Culinary Tours. Eat like a Local & Experience the Foodie Delights of North Island.

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Rotorua Forest Hot Tub Soak at Secret Spot

Secret Spot Hot Tubs is a stone’s throw from Rotorua, hidden in the heart of New Zealand’s mountain biking mecca, the Waipa Valley. Discover your...

45 minutesFree Cancellation
45 minutesFree Cancellation
45 minutes • Free Cancellation
4.8 (593)
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$28.18

Capital Bites, A food tour of Wellington

This locally guided food walking tour includes all tastings and a real insight into the life of a local. As they say, you can't beat...

3 hoursFree Cancellation
3 hoursFree Cancellation
3 hours • Free Cancellation
5.0 (38)
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$138.05

Premium 4 -Best Wineries Napier Hawke's Bay Tour, 5.5h - 6Hours

Join our Best Wine Tour group with Best tour guide to explore a huge variety of Hawkes Bay Wines lasting all afternoon. Visit 4 different...

5 hours 30 minutesHotel pickup offeredFree Cancellation
5 hours 30 minutesHotel pickup offeredFree Cancellation
5 hours 30 minutes • Hotel pickup offered • Free Cancellation
4.8 (168)
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$114.29

Cultural Experience & Seasonal Māori Cuisine at Te Pā Tū

Feast on song, drama, tradition, and divine seasonal kai (cuisine) within our forest Pā (village) blanketed by towering Tawa trees, its blazing bonfires, and forest-formed...

3 hoursHotel pickup offeredFree Cancellation
3 hoursHotel pickup offeredFree Cancellation
3 hours • Hotel pickup offered • Free Cancellation
4.8 (1,583)
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$170.39

Waiheke island Wine Tours - PREMIUM wine tasting MAX 11 clients!

''MAXIMUM 11 CLIENTS'' with Scenic tour and PREMIUM WINE TASTINGS! Line up by 8.30am in order to catch the Fullers 0900 ferry to Waiheke, LOOK...

6 hoursFree Cancellation
6 hoursFree Cancellation
6 hours • Free Cancellation
4.9 (1,443)
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$158.75

Make Your Own Gin at the Matahui Gin Lab
Likely to Sell Out
Likely to Sell Out

Why Choose Our Gin Lab Experience? Personalised Gin Creation: Design a 500ml bottle of gin tailored to your tastebuds, selecting from an extensive range of...

2 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation
2 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation
2 hours 30 minutes • Free Cancellation
5.0 (3)
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$80.10

Te Puia: Te Pō Indigenous Evening Experience Combo

Our most popular evening experience encompasses all we have to offer - a guided tour, hāngī buffet dinner and a cultural performance. Guided valley tour...

4 hours 30 minutes
4 hours 30 minutes
4 hours 30 minutes
4.6 (38)
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$176.20

Waiheke Island Premium Wine Tour with Tastings
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Likely to Sell Out

If you’re looking for a premium wine tour experience on Waiheke Island, this is the tour for you. Discover an abundance of beauty on Waiheke...

6 hoursFree Cancellation
6 hoursFree Cancellation
6 hours • Free Cancellation
4.8 (497)
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$115.12

Napier: Afternoon Wine Tasting + visit Silky Oaks Chocolates
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Likely to Sell Out

Join this wine tour for an afternoon of relaxing and good wine and great company * Visit NZ's oldest winery The Mission, taste and tour...

5 hours 30 minutesHotel pickup offeredFree Cancellation
5 hours 30 minutesHotel pickup offeredFree Cancellation
5 hours 30 minutes • Hotel pickup offered • Free Cancellation
4.9 (131)
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$117.45

Auckland: Waiheke Island Wine Tour + Tastings & Beachfront Lunch

A 5-hour island escape with premium wine tastings at boutique vineyards and a gourmet beachfront lunch. Your local guide handles everything, so you simply arrive...

5 hoursFree Cancellation
5 hoursFree Cancellation
5 hours • Free Cancellation
4.8 (269)
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$182.02

Waiheke Island Day Tour: Ziplining, Wine Tasting & Vineyard Lunch
Likely to Sell Out
Likely to Sell Out

Experience the best of Waiheke on a full-day tour that combines a morning of high-flying zipline adventure with an afternoon sampling the delicious wines and...

9 hoursFree Cancellation
9 hoursFree Cancellation
9 hours • Free Cancellation
4.8 (106)
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$260.15

Martinborough Wine and Wild Coast Tour from Wellington

Your expert local guide will narrate as you take a scenic drive over the Remutaka Ranges, where you will enjoy wine tastings at a selection...

10 hoursHotel pickup offeredFree Cancellation
10 hoursHotel pickup offeredFree Cancellation
10 hours • Hotel pickup offered • Free Cancellation
5.0 (219)
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$227.57

Napier Gourmet Winery Luncheon + tastings at 3 Great Wineries
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Likely to Sell Out

Join this wonderful tour leisurely visiting 3 great wineries and the chef's gourmet platter with a glass of wine at Mission Estate Winery.. * Spend...

6 hoursHotel pickup offeredFree Cancellation
6 hoursHotel pickup offeredFree Cancellation
6 hours • Hotel pickup offered • Free Cancellation
4.9 (85)
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$152.35

WAIHEKE ZEITGEIST Small Groups Ultra Boutique Off Grid Wine Tours

Experience the whole of Waiheke rather than a fraction and enjoy the deep treasures with a small personalized group in comfort with everything beautifully arranged...

6 hoursFree Cancellation
6 hoursFree Cancellation
6 hours • Free Cancellation
5.0 (354)
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$152.93

Piha Waitakere Rainforest Wine Tour from Auckland

Drive up through the Henderson Valley for spectacular elevated views of the Waitakere Ranges from the Aratkai Visitors Centre. This protected regional reserve was originally...

6 hours 30 minutesHotel pickup offeredFree Cancellation
6 hours 30 minutesHotel pickup offeredFree Cancellation
6 hours 30 minutes • Hotel pickup offered • Free Cancellation
5.0 (210)
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$178.66

Muriwai Scenic Wine Tour from Auckland

Discover the delicate wines of New Zealand’s North Island on this 3.5-hour wine tour from Auckland at Soljans Vineyard. Travel through the scenic Waimauku, Kumeu...

4 hoursFree Cancellation
4 hoursFree Cancellation
4 hours • Free Cancellation
5.0 (132)
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$114.84

The Tastebud Tour, award winning food tour of Auckland

The Tastebud Tour has been our flagship experience since 2010. Over four delicious hours, you'll explore Auckland’s sights, stories, and most importantly, its flavours, on...

4 hoursHotel pickup offeredFree Cancellation
4 hoursHotel pickup offeredFree Cancellation
4 hours • Hotel pickup offered • Free Cancellation
4.9 (147)
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$167.06

Auckland: Waiheke Island Scenic Tour 4 Vineyards, Local Guides

Waiheke's most booked wine tour. Four vineyards, sit-down tastings, and local guides who know every winemaker on the island. This is the day out on...

5 hoursFree Cancellation
5 hoursFree Cancellation
5 hours • Free Cancellation
4.9 (352)
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$118.03

Waiheke Island Gourmet Food and Wine Tour

Our most popular tour, you will visit three vineyards each offering a range of gourmet tastes to accompany their wines. Treats may include oysters straight...

5 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation
5 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation
5 hours 30 minutes • Free Cancellation
4.9 (333)
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$216.52

Auckland Harbour Sailboat Cruise Including Three Course Dinner

See the highlights of Auckland on a 2.5-hour sailboat cruise on Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour. Enjoy a 3-course dinner while viewing the highlights of the city,...

2 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation
2 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation
2 hours 30 minutes • Free Cancellation
4.6 (487)
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$103.90

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