Sarau Festival

This is really exciting – the number of stalls for the Farmers Market have now grown to over 70 with an exciting mix including: locally grown food products eg. berries, oils, nuts, mushrooms local wineries the Hops & Glory beer boys berries and cream textiles fused glass and freshwater pearls jams...

Great news for the festival – Angela Bone of Angela Bone’s Cooking School at The Motueka Lodge has agreed to attend the Sarau Festival and give a master class. This will be a great opportunity to gain some practical and imaginative ideas for using blackcurrants, and to learn about Angela’s...

There are now at least 8 of the major Blackcurrant product producers going to be in the Moutere on 3 February. A great chance to sample their wares and discuss with them the relative tastes and health benefits of their products. Alongside this will be a Blackcurrant Health and Nutrition Display giving...

The village of Upper Moutere, formerly known as Sarau, was named by the German Missionary Pastor Heine who settled in the Valley in 1850 to establish the village.  He named the Village ‘Sarau’ after the beautiful Valley of the same name near his home in northern Germany. The name continued to be...