New Zealand Foods & Beverages

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Most New Zealanders eat their main meal – known as dinner, or sometimes tea – in the evening. Most families living in one household try to eat dinner together several times a week. The formality and structure of these meals varies from family to family.

Although, a few New Zealanders cook most things 'from scratch', most New Zealand home cooks are dependent to some extent on pre-made ingredients (in particular, packaged soup and sauce mixes). Cakes are very rarely made from packet mix - this has never really taken on in New Zealand.

Most families eat takeaways (take-out), such as fast food, fish and chips, Chinese food, or pizza about once or twice a week. In flats (households shared by a group of unrelated young people), flatmates will generally either take turns cooking or each cook and eat individually.

Most of the airports in New Zealand offer easy access to foods and beverages outlets, some within airport vicinity and some within a short distance. Variety may be different at different airports.

Developed in locally

• Hāngi food
• Colonial goose
• Sausage sizzle
• Pork and puha
• Hokey pokey ice cream
• Anzac biscuits
• Afghan biscuits
• Pavlova
• Lolly cake

Imported cuisines

• Fish and chips
• Roast lamb and mutton
• Vegemite (the Australian version)
• Scones
• Lamingtons
• Meat pies

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