Sustainable Christmas Gift Guide

Hopper Christmas Crackers 

Hopper Christmas Crackers are made sustainably from start to finish. They are ethical, handcrafted festive crackers made locally. Inside these elegant crackers are innovative and useful gifts - made from upcycled and natural materials; or samples from collaborating sustainable businesses. We have new jokes, sayings and little gifts in 2023 to keep you and your guests delighted and inspired. We have special gifts made for children and special prices for bulk purchases too. In 2023, sales support The Capital Kiwi Project - a charity that releases and protects wild kiwi in Wellington.

Location: Available Nationwide & Online

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With Impact

This Christmas your business can give great gifts that everyone will love. Empower your recipient to choose their own gift using With Impact's modern gift platform. There's something for everyone - with hundreds of premium, sustainable gifts to choose from, including donating to a New Zealand charity. Order online in just 5 minutes

Location: Online

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Trade Aid

NEW! Trade Aid Chocolate Sticks available in 70% Dark Chocolate Mint Sticks and 40% Milk
Chocolate Orange Sticks. Made from only the best ethically sourced ingredients including cocoa from the Dominican Republic and Peru and sugar from Paraguay.

Location: Available Nationwide & Online

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WE-AR

Elevate your yoga practice with the WE-AR Classic Yoga Mat, a sustainable gift without
compromising the earth. Made from 100% naturally sourced rubber with embedded jute for durability and hard-wearing yoga practice. Our Classic mats come with a convenient carry bag featuring a double shoulder strap for on-the-go ease.

Location: Auckland stores & Online

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Switched on Bikes

This year, give the gift of adventure! An eBike is the best way to cruise around Wellington's stunning bays, power up its hills or shred world-class Mountain bike trails. All hires come with a helmet, lock and expert local knowledge on where to ride for a great day out.

Location: Wellington Waterfront & Online

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Goodbye

Wonderful summer gifting with certified natural outdoor skincare starts here. From ocean, salt and all day sun to the sandfly intense New Zealand bush, Goodbye offers joy for skin in water-free formulations with refill options throughout the range. Useful and purposeful!

Use coupon code: SBN for a 15% discount

Location: Auckland stores & Online

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KiwiHarvest

Many Kiwis will struggle to provide a Christmas meal for their families this year. For $5 KiwiHarvest can gift enough food to feed a family of 4 for a day. Every $5 donated will prevent 14kgs of CO2-eq emissions. Every donation helps to feed Kiwi families and helps our environment.

Location: Online

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Te Whangai Trust

Give your loved ones something that grows, symbolising the growth of joy, hope and a greener future. This Christmas, let's come together to celebrate not only the season of giving but also the power of nurturing life and dreams. "The Gift That Grows" is more than a gift; it's a symbol of our collective commitment to a better world.

Location: Auckland, North Waikato, Coromandel, & Online

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Zealandia 

Give the gift of nature and connect your loved ones with a community of supporters helping
Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne protect rare and endangered native species. Membership gives access to unlimited general admission to the sanctuary, exclusive discounts, and also supports ground-breaking research that contributes to conservation across New Zealand and internationally.

Available: Nationwide offer, but located in Wellington. We do encourage out-of-towners to join and support our conservation work.

Location: Wellington & Online

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Wellington Zoo

Do something a little different this Christmas and treat the animal lover in your life to unlimited Wellington Zoo entry for a whole year: a Zoo Crew Membership! Give an experience instead of an object: a year of visits to some of the world’s most endangered and beautiful animals. Toys, books, educational games and more can also be purchased from the Wellington Zoo online shop from anywhere in New Zealand!

Location: Wellington & Online

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Auckland Stadiums

For a low-waste gift option, get your hands on tickets to the Foo Fighters happening in the new year at Auckland Stadiums! The Foo Fighters bring their stadium world tour to Go Media Stadium Mt Smart on Saturday 20th January 2024. The Foo Fighters are one of the world’s biggest bands, with 15 GRAMMY wins to their names and countless sellout shows. Don't miss out - grab your ticket now.

Location: Auckland

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Auckland Stadiums

For a low-waste gift option, get your hands on tickets to Laneway Festival happening in the new year at Auckland Stadiums! Laneway Festival returns to Aotearoa on Waitangi Day, Tuesday 6th February 2024. The stellar lineup is headlined by acts including Stormzy, Steve Lacy and Dominic Fike and promises to be an incredible experience at the new and improved site at Western Springs.

Location: Auckland

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Tahi NZ

The KAEA rescuer is the perfect sustainable gift for the upcoming holiday season. This balm is a multitasking wonder-worker, pumped with super-soothing botanical concentrates and Tahi’s UMF™ 15+ Mānuka honey to calm irritations, protect against bacteria, and rescue skin that needs salvation. KAEA gives 100% of all profits to conservation and community projects at Tahi.

Location: Online

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Pickers Pocket

The aromas of Christmas - Share a special brew with friends & family over the festive season with our unique Wild Spicy tea. Leaves have been harvested from the tops of our wild tea trees using bamboo ladders & blended with wild cardamom & clove found in the same forest. A delicious cuppa, brewed hot or served chilled over ice.

Location: Online

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Turtle Boots

Turtle Boots ‘Loggerhead’ has an eight-inch upper with a side zip and a protective gusset. We have used premium sustainably sourced nubuck leather, and coated with an eco-friendly water-resistant protective coating. The inner sole is made from 100% recycled PU and EVA, and a super lightweight fabric for puncture protection. Enter code SBN20 at checkout for an exclusive 20% discount and free shipping!

Location: Online

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Kōkako

Kōkako Organic Coffee Roasters have given us access to their exclusive corporate pricing! With gifts for lovers of coffee and birds alike, there’s something to suit every budget. Like this Lucky Dip Xmas Bauble; a reusable (and regiftable) decoration with goodies from sustainable brands inside. Now that’s a Secret Santa prezzy.

Location: Online

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Forever Forests 

Gift a tree this Christmas!
Get more native trees in the ground and spread the green love this year. You’ll receive a
downloadable certificate of your sustainable gift to send to your giftee, or add a personalised message and email address for your recipient and let us send it.

Location: Online

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Ecostore

Ecostore Nourishing Naturals Gift Pack
Spoil someone special with this beautiful selection of ecostore body and skin care favourites.
• Made from plant and mineral-based ingredients
• Never tested on animals
• Contains nourishing New Zealand harakeke

Location: Online

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Ecostore

Ecostore Happy Camper Gift Pack
This collection of take-me-anywhere, plastic-free products are completely waterless and perfect to pop into an overnight bag or backpack. A thoughtful gift for an adventure-lover in your life.
• Plastic-free
• Travel friendly
• Made from plant and mineral-based ingredients

Location: Online

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Ecostore

Ecostore Rich Coconut Collection
A selection of luxurious body care treats for a coconut lover in your life. Comes with an exfoliating soap bag.
• Made from plant and mineral-based ingredients
• Never tested on animals
• Contains nourishing New Zealand harakeke

Location: Online

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Moxie

Hot off the virtual press…
Everything the entrepreneur or brand manager in your life needs to know to capture the magic that will make their brand unique, competitive, valuable and enduring. This book is highly practical full of exercises, examples and anecdotes. Perfect holiday reading on any device — at the beach, on staycation, wherever

Location: Online

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EcoBeans

Gifting a bean bag this year? Fill it with EcoBeans 100% Plant Based Bean Bag Fill. Larger than traditional fill means more support and easy bean bag filling

Location: Online

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Two Islands

Gift glowing skin this Christmas!
The Two Islands beauty range makes the perfect sustainable gift for those wanting to put their best face forward this summer. Harnessing the power of collagen, antioxidants and polyphenol-rich ingredients this ingestible beauty range works to hydrate, brighten and plump, reduce hyperpigmentation, melasma and age-related beauty concerns and promote healthy hair and nails.

Location: Online

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ModiBodi

Dive in to period and leak-proof swimwear this Christmas.
Reusable period swimwear that moulds to your body while offering premium support for light
periods, pee and discharge without leaking. It’s amazing! Including designs using ECONYL® a 100% regenerated Nylon – a more sustainable alternative created from discarded waste, like fishing nets, fabric scraps, carpet flooring and industrial plastic and other recycled fabrics.

Location: Online

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Critical, Legasea, & Kingi

Introducing the kingi chopping board – a special collaboration between sustainable seafood restaurant kingi in The Hotel Britomart, plastics recycler CRITICAL, and LegaSea. Together we’re shining a light on the impact bottom trawling and commercial fishing has on our ocean’s ecosystem – one chopping board at a time. Using Critical’s proprietary technology, we take fishing nets and other plastic waste to create a chef grade chopping board for the kitchen, boat, or bach.

Location: Online

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Kaipātiki Project

Give the gift of sustainability, a perfect zero waste gift for family and friends. They'll receive a Gift Certificate and a personalised message. Kaipātiki Project volunteers will plant native trees in Auckland's Eskdale reserve, and you'll be invited to our annual planting day. Join us in growing a gifted forest! Gifting takes place online and the gifted trees will be planted in Auckland’s Eskdale Reserve.

Location: Online

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BeeNZ

Give the Gift of New Zealand's Finest Honey this Christmas!
Treat your loved ones to the pure, natural sweetness of New Zealand with our BeeNZ/s premium NZ honey range. Perfect for drizzling, dipping, and delighting, this thoughtful gift captures the essence of Aotearoa. Share the taste of New Zealand this holiday season and make it extra special with our Honey Gift Sets.

Location: Online

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Thunderpants

Thunderpants products are the perfect sustainable gift, made in NZ, from either Fairtrade Organic Cotton, Good Earth Cotton or regenerated nylon thread! Thunderpants has something for everyone, clothing with inclusive sizing and language, homewares & even a bandanna for the dog. Sustainable Business Network impact investors can use this special code SBN2023 to get 15% discount off full price items until Christmas.

Location: Online & Martinborough, Wairarapa

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Aleph Beauty 

Meet the ‘Perfectly Bronzed Bundle’. $131 RRP NZD. We have bundled together 3 of our best-loved multi-tasking heroes: Universally flattering Cheek/Lip Tint Terra, endlessly versatile Radiance Balm Sun and the essential Buffer Brush – a trio of fan-favorite must-haves that transcend every season. This bundle is designed to help you achieve that coveted sun-kissed look, along with providing stunning contour and dimension to your face. Take your beauty routine to new heights and maintain that radiant, bronzed glow all year round. Available until 15th December 2023.

Location: Online

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Aleph Beauty 

Meet the ‘Perfectly Glowing Bundle’ $197 RRP NZD. This exquisite collection showcases 5 of our best-selling, skincare infused products: Cult favorite Serum/Primer, endlessly versatile Radiance Balm Sun and Moon, and the essential tools you need – Mixing Tool and Buffer Brush. Whether you desire a sun-kissed bronze or a luminous champagne glow, we've got you covered. Use this bundle to create a smooth, velvety canvas for seamless foundation application, or let your radiant glow take center stage. Available until 15th December 2023.

Location: Online

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Ethique

Smooth, soften, and nourish your pout with this plastic-free lip trio - Lip, Lip, Hurray!™ Gift Pack. This gift pack offers our three best-selling lip products that are perfect for a variety of looks - from au naturel to high-impact, wearable colour. Our lip care and colour ranges are formulated with regeneratively farmed, directly traded ingredients such as moringa oil, cocoa butter, and coconut oil. These wonderfully nourishing ingredients help promote soft, smooth lips, all whilst helping to support sustainable farming and fair wages. Talk about wins all around!

Location: Nationwide & Online 

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Aotea

Shop ‘Aotea’ - A range of New Zealand made health products inspired by traditional Māori herbal remedies and supported by scientific research. Inspired by mātauranga māori (māori knowledge) and this knowledge manifests itself in our range of therapeutic skincare. They grow the native flora and spin these into the products in their range.

Location: Whakatāne & Online

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Aotearoad

Aotearoad's goal is to bring ecologically sound products into every household. We offer affordable and fair-priced natural products without compromising on the packaging or ingredients. Either add a product to a love ones Christmas present or perfect stocking fillers for everyone!

“Change starts with the small things”

Location: Nationwide via stockists & Online 

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the good tonic

The Loyal Workshop was founded to provide an opportunity for freedom. Modern day slavery is a phenomenon that we are not prepared to be apathetic about. We believe that another world is possible; one where sex slavery is relegated to the history books, and that business can be a tool to bring freedom to those trapped in slavery.

Location: Whakatāne & Online

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Living Goodness

Living goodness pride themselves on making premium quality, live fermented foods. Their aim is to provide delicious raw Sauerkraut and Kimchi that's been tasted and tested for maximum deliciousness. They have six tasty flavours to try, from stockists across Aotearoa. 

Location: Nationwide

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Garage Project 

This pack is a certified crowd pleaser, offering a curated selection in our most popular craft brews. Featuring six unique cans and newly minted GP glass, in what is a ‘greatest hits’ of beer, with flavours to please every palate. Tell them how you feel, say it with beer.

Location: Auckland, Wellington, & Online 

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Wishbone Design

Wishbone is a brand for active families, design lovers and conscious consumers. Our transformational designs aim to change the way we think, move and play, creating a deeper connection between humans, the environment and the stuff we own. We are proudly anti-consumption, applying Circular Economy principles for the next generation. Use code SBN20YIPPEE at the checkout for a discount available until 10 December. 

Location: Online 

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MyImprint

Gift a 1-hour workshop with a sustainability expert, followed by a report that highlights your organisations' key carbon reduction focus areas. Also receive a roadmap to certification. The best part of this gift is that it is fully online so it can be purchased and delivered nationwide.

Location: Online 

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Auckland Art Gallery

Hold the power of the sun in the palm of your hand with the Little Sun Lamp, available for purchase from the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki gift shop!
Great for camping, festivals, beach trips, or illuminating your home and garden, this portable solar lamp is extremely robust and features a convenient dimmer to adjust the brightness level to your liking. For every Little Sun Lamp sold, one goes to Little Sun’s partners in rural Africa to bring solar energy to those who need it most.

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Auckland Art Gallery

Want to gift something truly meaningful? Surprise a loved one with an Auckland Art Gallery membership and unlock Aotearoa's largest and most inspiring visual arts experience. Giftees receive a welcome pack with a gift and membership card or go paperless by choosing a digital card.

Location: Auckland & Online 

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Holistic Hair 

Nurture Your Hair, Nurture the Planet: Experience the power of nature with Holistic Hair's Shampoo & Conditioner Travel Sets. Made from plant-based ingredients and packaged in sustainable bottles made from 100% recycled plastic. Choose from Pure, Sensitive, Hydrating, or award-winning Quinoa Pro NPNF™ Colour Protect and enjoy expertly formulated hair care wherever you go.

Location: Online

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Hark & Zander

Discover Hark & Zander, the sensational New Zealand skincare brand. Since 2020, they've harnessed the power of nature to create award-winning, eco-conscious, vegan, and cruelty-free products. With 15 awards in 15 months and a reputation built on 100% 5-star reviews, they redefine natural skincare. Give the gift of radiant skin this Christmas.

Location: Online

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Good Change Store

The Stylish Gift For the Person Who Has It All
A beautiful NZ-made box with 3 custom-designed spray-glass Bottles For Good™. This award-winning modern cleaning kit from Good Change Store will suit your home-interiors while saving on plastics. The gift box also includes three NZ-made plant-powered refill-tablets fragranced with essential oils and NZ-botanicals. Proven efficient cleaning, safe for the family.

Location: Online

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The Planetary Accounting Network

Unwrap the gift of sustainability this holiday season! Our 'Planetary Accounting Champion' course is the ideal present for those passionate about sustainability. Gain expertise in global frameworks and empower yourself to lead impactful conversations on environmental sustainability, from social gatherings to corporate boardrooms. Give the gift of knowledge and sustainability this Christmas!

Location: Online

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Karma Drinks

Karma Cola tastes great because we've taken care to find authentic organic and Fairtrade ingredients. Proceeds from each bottle go to cola growers’ families in Sierra Leone, where the Karma Foundation works hand in hand with the community to help deliver social and economic independence.

Location: Available nationwide and online

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Iko Iko

Iko Iko is a bright and fun family run gift shop with a strong focus on locally produced and sustainable goods. Solmate Socks are one such sustainable gift! Solmate is a B-Corp Certified company that creates ethically made, mismatched socks. They are crafted with love in the USA from recycled materials.

Location: Wellington and Online

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Zing Bokashi

Explore Zing Bokashi’s effective composting system, which effortlessly transforms kitchen waste into nutrient-rich compost. Our unique New Zealand-made product, Compost Zing is enriched with plant by products and beneficial microbes, revolutionising food waste disposal for eco-conscious gardeners. Zing Bokashi composting system ferments all your kitchen scraps using an easy and cost effective process.

Location: Online

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StoneArrow Jewellery

Choose StoneArrow handcrafted, up-cycled glass jewellery for a piece that’s affordable and locally made! Our boutique, artisan business in the heart of downtown Tākaka is inspired by the beauty of nature and we specialise in creating quality sustainable jewellery. Visit our gallery and workshop in Golden Bay, or shop online. Get 10% off your first order if you sign up for our newsletter!

Location: Golden Bay and Online

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Auckland Live

With the silly season fast approaching, what better way to treat your friends and whānau than with the gift of a live experience. From international superstars to festival favourites, captivating talks to epic concerts - this splendid selection of stocking stuffers will have you dashing to the show in no time so check out our top Christmas picks below and treat the ones you love this holiday season.

Dragon 50^th Anniversary Tour - Legendary rock band Dragon is thrilled to announce an extraordinary tour of New Zealand to celebrate their 50^th anniversary.

Swan Lake – Royal NZ Ballet - Considered the greatest of all classical ballets, Swan Lake is a perfect marriage of music and dance.

Auckland Gin Festival - Indulge your tase buds with an amazing line-up of Kiwi and Aussie craft distillers showcasing 150+ gins at the 2024 Auckland Gin Festival.

Location: Auckland

New Zealand Maritime Museum

Opt for an eco-friendly gift this season and share the joy of a sailing adventure at the New Zealand Maritime Museum.

Choose from one of the museum’s unique heritage vessels, Ted Ashby, Breeze, or Nautilus and embark on a cruise across Auckland's stunning Waitematā Harbour. Take in breathtaking views of the city skyline, the iconic Sky Tower, and the Auckland Harbour Bridge from the sea.

Location: Auckland

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Auckland Zoo

Jungle Bells are ringing! Purchase the gift that keeps on giving with 364 days of animal fun with an Annual Pass Membership to Auckland Zoo. With over 2000 animals, no two days are ever the same – with a membership you can be sure to never miss out.

Location: Auckland

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Auckland Zoo

This Christmas (and into the future) Auckland Zoo is calling on Kiwis to use their purchasing power to help protect rainforests and critically endangered wildlife like orangutans by shopping with PalmOil Scan – a recently launched free smartphone app. PalmOil Scan (already in use in the UK, USA, and Canada) puts the power in the hands of consumers to easily shop for products from companies committed to sourcing Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO). This helpful tool can positively and very powerfully impact of your Christmas purchasing this year and beyond. Palm oil is in over 50% of all processed packaged products - from foods to health & beauty, cleaning, and pet foods!

Download via the Apple or Google app store