New Zealand Vegan Activities including Attractions & Vegan Shopping
In addition to activities specifically created for us vegans like vegan surf camps, vegan yoga retreats, and vegan tours, many of the activities we vegans enjoy doing while traveling abroad, as well as in our home towns, often reflect out compassionate outlook on life. For example, most vegans would never go to a zoo or aquatic park, but we would happily visit national parks and protected conservation areas.
Attractions we vegans enjoy
What attractions do we vegans like going to when we are traveling? Most vegans would love going to protected nature conservation areas like the Galápagos Islands where we can see undisturbed nature and animals roaming freely in their natural habitats. Learn which attractions your fellow vegans enjoy going to when they are traveling and those attractions local vegans would recommend for visitors to their own hometowns. And please share the attractions you’ve most enjoyed visiting, both while traveling abroad and in the region you live. Some attractions examples include the landmarks, museums, and national parks and conservation areas you and your fellow vegans really enjoyed on your holiday travels. And for those facilities that have cafeterias or provide meals, please also review the vegan meal options they offer. With your help, and the help of our vegan community, this page can truly reflect the attractions we vegans most enjoy visiting.
Vegan Shopping
Not that long ago it was challenging trying to find quality vegan clothes, shoes, and clothing accessories. And only a handful of grocery stores had a good selection of vegan groceries. Luckily, interest in vegan groceries and ethical clothing has been growing steadily. These days, we have loads of vegan shopping options available to us. From basic vegan ware to the most elite and fashionable vegan clothing outlets and vegan shoe stores. We vegans have so many options to choose from. Almost all grocery stores now carry a wide variety of ready to serve vegan items we can easily prepare at home, and we even have completely vegan grocery stores, which well deserve our patronage. When we travel it’s fun to explore and patron vegan shopping establishments. And these days, no matter where we travel, there are amazing vegan shopping options to choose from. Some countries have lots of stores stocked with vegan wares, and many have a wealth of 100% vegan food stores and clothing outlets to choose from. This page contains some of the best vegan shopping. The vegan stores listed below were dynamically generated and sorted by your reviews and the reviews of your fellow vegans. We accept no advertising. Our goal is to provide a platform that truly respects and mirrors our collective vegan opinions and perspectives. As our global vegan community adds additional vegan and vegan-friendly listings, and as we review and rate our favorites, the resulting listings will continually, and more accurately, reflect our global vegan shopping preferences.
Vegan Activities, Attractions and Vegan Shopping in New Zealand
The Cruelty Free Shop products are 100% vegan, entirely animal-friendly and contain no animal ingredients. Their description is below:
We are New Zealand’s ethical market. Our retail store, The Vegan Shop, is located at 143 Williamson Ave. Grey Lynn, around the corner from Tart vegan bakery and next to Occum Cafe. There is plenty of parking on Williamson Ave. and Selbourne Street.
We are dedicated to bringing you the best local, national and international products that are free from animal testing and contain no animal based ingredients. We also carry SAFE’s campaign gear and 100% of the proceeds from the sale of those items go directly to SAFE.
We (like you) are committed to animal welfare. For every online purchase we donate a portion to the animal welfare charity of your choice. Together we can make a difference.
It’s very important to us, and we know it’s important to you, that no animals are harmed to create the food, health, beauty and home products that are a part of our life, and we have made it easy for you to shop in one place with total confidence.
We are not a deli or health-food store that also stocks animal based items. When you shop with us you can rest assured you have shopped in a completely 100% entirely Vegan store.
We are always available to help you with your choices and would be delighted to hear from you if you have comments, recipes, products or suggestions.
The Vegan Shop
143 Williamson Ave
Grey Lynn, Auckland 1021
This is a ‘real deal’ growers’ market. The Opawa Farmers’ Market prides itself on having the best selection of fresh local produce in Christchurch, including a large organic range from well-known and trusted local growers.
Top up your vege shop with fresh artisan bread, French style pastries, free-range eggs, locally made Italian cheeses, seasonal fruits and much more.
Soak up the relaxed and friendly atmosphere at this popular ‘down to earth’ market.
Don’t miss their annual ‘Berry Fest’ (end of Jan) and ‘Tomato Fest’ (Feb/Mar).
We own 454 acres of magnificent New Zealand countryside that we call Shangri-La; a private valley, with two pristine rivers. Here we welcome volunteers each summer season (from November-May) to help lift Shangri-La up to its name, which includes the planting and maintenance of hundreds of fruit trees, flower gardens and vegetable patches, all grown veganically.
Shangri-La is home to an orchard of young fruit trees: avocado, persimmon, pear, apple, fig, plum, sapote, cherimoya, mandarin and navel oranges. Nut trees—walnut, almond, and macadamia—have also been planted. From the vegetable garden they harvest a variety of greens for salads and steams, as well as celery, cucumbers, corn, tomatoes, squash and zucchini, beans and peas, carrots and beets, onions, garlic, and more. This feeds the members of their community as well as guests and wwoofers, with the surplus occasionally sold at the local health food store or farmer’s market. Since the produce is primarily intended for their own consumption, they are not planning to become officially certified.
Hay is used as a mulch, and vegetable compost is added to maintain fertility. Lupines are planted at the end of the season to fix nitrogen and are mowed down in the spring to become a green manure. Occasionally seaweed, rock dusts and wood ash are also added.
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Get involved:
Gentle World welcomes help in developing their projects in either location, whether through talents, skills, or resources. They accept WWOOFers (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) through an application process found here. They are also open to visitors if contacted in advance. For more information about the work Gentle World is doing to promote veganism and veganic gardening throughout the world, visit gentleworld.org
Please be aware that our New Zealand center is open only during the summer months, and is closed to visitors from the end of April until the beginning of November. Our Hawaii center is closed to visitors from the end of December until the beginning of April.