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New-look handmade soap

February 2, 2021

We’ve refreshed the packaging and the formula of our handmade soaps

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Tags: cruelty free, Fair Trade, handmade, mindfulness, new, soap, Trade Aid, wellbeing
Vibrant new look for our organic, fair trade tea

December 1, 2020

Our organic tea range looks a little different…

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Tags: co-operative, Fair Trade, fair trade food, new, Organic, Sustainability, tea
Feel Good Road Trip of Aotearoa

Travel the country and support great Kiwi businesses with a beautifully illustrated map of Aotearoa.

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Tags: Fair Trade, Trade Aid
Coffee of the month – Ethiopia

November 30, 2020

For our December Coffee of the Month we’re featuring a natural coffee from the Sidama Zone, in Ethiopia.

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Tags: coffee, Coffee of the Month, Fair Trade
How to be a better consumer. What does that mean in a post-COVID world?

November 27, 2020

“Business has done a poor job at creating fairness and sustainability in trade. It’s time for Kiwi’s to re-think their buying patterns, spend more wisely and demand better” Geoff White, Trade Aid CEO

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Tags: Fair Trade, Trade Aid
Buy Good Tips for Christmas

November 9, 2020

At Trade Aid, we believe in the power of every single person to change the world…

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Tags: Buy Good, Fair Trade, Good to live by, Trade Aid
New sustainable packaging!

October 12, 2020

Same delicious Cocoa Powder, new sustainable packaging!

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Tags: Fair Trade, fair trade food, new, Organic, recipe
Coffee of the Month – Congo

October 1, 2020

Limited edition coffee from the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

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Tags: campaign, co-operative, coffee, Coffee of the Month, Fair Trade
Disappointment in Whittaker’s move to lower certification standards

August 6, 2020

Just when consumers are demanding more ethical products a number of corporations’ are lowering standards…

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Tags: Fair Trade, fair trade food, issue
Trade Aid: Kiwi as since 1973

June 12, 2020

Kiwis are a great bunch. We know what it’s like to be small on the world stage and it doesn’t stop us.

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Tags: community, Fair Trade, Trade Aid, Vi Cottrell
New flavour in our NZ made, fair trade chocolate range

May 22, 2020

We are excited to release our newest organic chocolate variety to complement our New Zealand made range of fair trade chocolate.

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Tags: Chocolate, Fair Trade, fair trade food, new, Organic, Trade Aid
Coconut Curry Soup

May 18, 2020

This luscious salad-meets-soup combo is a really easy recipe

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Tags: Fair Trade, fair trade food, recipe, staff recipes
Flourless Chocolate, Orange and Cardamom Cake

May 17, 2020

This cake is rich and decadent but super easy to make! Your food processor can do most of the work.

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Tags: Chocolate, chocolate recipe, Fair Trade, fair trade food, recipe, staff recipes
Messages from our trading partners

April 26, 2020

The impact of COVID-19 on our trading partners is heart breaking.

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Tags: community, empowerment, Fair Trade, Partners
Easter traditions

April 7, 2020

Easter is a time when many of us like to continue well-established traditions. This Easter we invite you to create a new tradition.

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Tags: Chocolate, community, Fair Trade, fair trade food, issue, Justin Purser
Cinnamon Roasted Almonds

March 17, 2020

You wouldn’t believe how quickly a batch of these almonds disappears! 

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Tags: Christmas Recipes, Fair Trade, fair trade food, recipe