Where to Find Mead in New Zealand (2025)

Looking for real mead in Aotearoa? You’re not alone - searches for “mead” in NZ are rising fast, but it can still be hard to find. Here are six of the best places to buy mead in-person, online, and in-store:

Honey Bandit Mead Co. – Auckland

From easy-drinking meads in cans to spiced, intense flavoured bottles. Massive range - check out their mead club.
👉 Find them online at honeybandit.co.nz

Undisturbed – Christchurch

Small-batch mead made from NZ honeys like mānuka and kānuka, or try their rhubarb infused mead. Naturally gluten-free and full of flavour - honey wine styled meads.
👉 Available at local markets and direct at undisturbed.nz

Lone Bee – Auckland

Clean, sparkling mead made from clover honey. Subtle, light, and often found in stores throughout New Zealand. Exported globally.
👉 lonebee.co.nz

Regional Wines & Spirits – Wellington

One of the few liquor stores in NZ with a rotating mead selection, including Lone Bee, Honey Bandit, Undisturbed, and imports.
👉 regionalwines.co.nz

Colony – Christchurch

With family history of mead in NZ back to the 1860s, Colony was one of the first retail stores in NZ to specialise in mead. Now in central colony stocking Hansen Bro’s, Bemrose, and Undisturbed. Free tastings in-store
👉 drinkcolony.com

Bemrose Estate – North Island

One of NZ’s oldest mead producers, known for traditional still and sparkling styles.
👉 Often stocked online or via boutique bottle stores. www.wildfern.co.nz/collections/mead-wine