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  • These delightful felted ornaments are handmade in Nepal from New Zealand wool 🐑 Which is your favourite? Available in-store and online these are great for your Christmas tree or as a souvenir. . . . . . #TradeAid #FairTrade #NewZealand #FairTradeFashion #BuyFairTrade #Handmade #EthicalShopping #ConsciousConsumer #Inspirations #GetInspired #HandCrafted
  • Our friends at Bead and Proceed exist to educate and inspire people to action the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 🙌🏼 The kits are designed and made by the amazing people working with Silence, one of our fair trade partners in India. For every Bead and Proceed Kit purchased, another is donated to a low decile school or community organisation inspiring future generations to be agents of positive change. Want to learn more? Check out Bead and Proceed on Instagram, Facebook or at their website. . . . . . . #TradeAid #FairTrade #NewZealand #FairTradeFashion #BuyFairTrade #Handmade #EthicalShopping #ConsciousConsumer #Inspirations #GetInspired #HandCrafted #shoutout
  • Twisted rope incense is the traditional style of incense of the Hindus and Buddhists 🕉 To create these incense ropes leaves, spices and aromatic tree barks are blended together to create the scent and then are all wrapped in handmade lokta rice paper 🍃𐂑🌳 Handmade by skilled artisans in underprivileged communities working with Mahaguthi Craft with a Conscience, one of our fair trade partners in Nepal. Available in-store and online. . . . . . . . #TradeAid #FairTrade #NewZealand #FairTradeFashion #BuyFairTrade #Handmade #EthicalShopping #ConsciousConsumer #Inspirations #GetInspired #HandCrafted
  • ✨ Competition! ✨ Calling all chocolate lovers! ♥️♥️♥️ Here’s your chance to show off your culinary creativity, with our Flavour Innovation Competition! Intrigued? 🤔😳 See the link in our bio for details. Get in quick 🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️ entries close 10th June! . . . . . . . #flavourinnovation #competition #youbethecreator #win #inventaflavour #fairtradeflavour #fairtrade #fairtradechocolate #chocolate #nzmade #organic #ChocolateWithSoul #TradeAidFlavourAdventure #AwardWinningChocolate #TradeAid #NewZealand #FairTradeFood #BuyFairTrade #EthicalShopping #ConsciousConsumer #GetInspired #HandCrafted #Organic #OrganicChocolate #SweetJustice #FlavourAdventure #FeedYourSoul #Compost #Compostable #CompostableWrappers
  • Want cosy toes this winter? ❄️ Yes please! 😍 These beautiful light grey felt slippers are handmade in Nepal from New Zealand wool. The Association for Craft Producers (ACP) in Nepal has been helping to revive the traditional craft of felting 🙌🏼 Felting is a simple process of bonding wool fibres together using motion and heat and water. The wool is first dyed, with AZO free dyes, then the slippers are felted on a mould and the leather sole is stitched on. Available online and in-store . . . . . . #TradeAid #FairTrade #NewZealand #FairTradeFashion #BuyFairTrade #Handmade #EthicalShopping #ConsciousConsumer #Inspirations #GetInspired #HandCrafted
  • Nearly 70% of our business customers told us in a recent survey that they have complete trust in us to maintain a credible fair trade supply chain ♥️⛓ Thank you! We won’t let you down 🙌🏼 📷: The Addington store, in Christchurch, stocks Trade Aid craft and food products. Read more about this in our Social Accounts on our website . . . . . . #SocialAccounts #Activities #Outputs #Outcomes #TradeAid #FairTrade #NewZealand #FairTradeFashion #BuyFairTrade #Handmade #EthicalShopping #ConsciousConsumer #Inspirations #GetInspired #HandCrafted

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World Fair Trade Day 2019

April 17, 2019

Every year, we celebrate with a variety of events and activities, showcasing the very best of Trade Aid, and highlighting…

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Tags: Fair Trade, WFTO, World Fair Trade Day
Tea Action Project

April 9, 2019

What do you consider when you choose your tea bag off the shelf?

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Fair trade chocolate affogato

March 31, 2019

Full flavoured coffee, topped with our organic, fair trade chocolate and drizzled with Trade Aid chocolate sauce… this recipe is an absolute treat!  

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Tags: Chocolate, Fair Trade, recipe
Coffee trees on the ‘Ejo Heza’ communal land, looking towards Lake Kivu in the distance.
The Land of a Thousand Hills

February 27, 2019

“It is a country of rolling hills, volcanic soils, an average temperature of about 20 degrees and plenty of seasonal rain. It is, in other words, an ideal place to grow coffee.”

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Tags: Ewan Cameron
Ethiopian coffee news from the current harvest

February 26, 2019

Hear about Justin Purser’s recent visit to Ethiopia where the price of coffee was a hot topic.

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Tags: Justin Purser
Creating a Beautiful Tomorrow, Today

February 25, 2019

Trade Aid is always seeking out new origin supply options, and we’re excited to be able to offer New Zealand’s coffee roasters the opportunity to buy FTO Rwandan coffee for the first time.

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Tags: Justin Purser
Education Tour 2019

February 13, 2019

One of the very special opportunities we have within the Trade Aid whanau is to experience the lives of our producers first-hand on one of our educational tours.

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Tags: education, Travel
Back to school – choose to reuse!

Heading back to school after the long summer break is a great time to make some eco-conscious choices for the schooling year ahead.

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Tags: community, environment, Fair Trade, fair trade food, Sustainability, Trade Aid
Fair trade pomegranate and pineapple salsa

January 21, 2019

This vibrant pomegranate and pineapple salsa is a delightfully fresh, zingy combination of Trade Aid’s fair trade dried pineapple, spices and olive oil.

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Tags: Fair Trade, fair trade food, recipe
Advent Calendar event

November 30, 2018

Every day until Christmas discover a new surprise at your local Trade Aid store.

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Tags: community, Fair Trade, Shop, Trade Aid
FMCG Business feature

November 14, 2018

Trade Aid is thrilled to feature on the cover of November’s FMGC Business magazine.

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Tags: Chocolate, fair trade food, Trade Aid
Trade Aid’s food packaging plan

November 2, 2018

As a sustainability focused organisation we are concerned about our environmental impact

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Tags: climate change, issue, Sustainability, Trade Aid
Award-winning chocolate

October 18, 2018

We’re thrilled to announce a recent series of awards we’ve received.

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Tags: Chocolate, Fair Trade, fair trade food
Embark on a flavour adventure

October 1, 2018

We’ve been very busy these past few months developing something new and exciting that we know you’re going to love.

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Tags: Chocolate, Fair Trade, fair trade food
Home crafted chocolate eggs

July 21, 2018

Home crafted chocolate eggs aren’t just for Easter!

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Tags: Chocolate, Fair Trade, fair trade food, Organic, recipe
Wintery fair trade feast

June 19, 2018

This recipe for Moroccan spiced chicken with lemon and coriander couscous is a winter winner!

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Tags: fair trade food, Organic, recipe, spice