An opportunity to align with a national movement,
Feast Matariki, means Ōhope's  Local Wild Food Challenge will move to July 2020.

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Usually held in February, the food challenge and festival centres around dishes prepared from wild food gathered from the land and sea. Eat New Zealand's Feast Matariki concept has a similar theme, dedicated to connecting people with the land of Aotearoa through food.  

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The Local Wild Food Challenge will retain its format of a challenge (cooking competition) and food festival, while adding a Matariki mid-winter theme. Some new elements would be added to enhance the Matariki celebration, and a summer Local Wild Food event could return for 2021.

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Exact dates and the location for the postponed event are yet to be decided. To keep up to date follow Whakatane.nz on Facebook.