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Welcome to Pachamama Latino Store, the first Latin American store in New Zealand!


As the leading and largest importers of Latin American Foods in New Zealand, we take pride in offering an extensive selection of authentic products. Since 2006, we have been dedicated to bringing the finest Latin American foods and yerba mate to New Zealand.


Pachamama Latino Store is the premier destination for all your Latin American needs in New Zealand. With a reputation for being the finest Latino store in the country, we take pride in offering the highest quality products directly sourced from Latin America. However, we go beyond being just a store. Our mission is to foster a strong sense of community and connection within the vibrant Latino community in New Zealand. Through organizing exciting events and showcasing captivating cultural performances, we create a space that not only fulfills your shopping needs but also brings people together. Our focus is on integrating and celebrating Latin American culture in our adopted homeland of New Zealand.

Discover our vast range of Latin foods, including yerba mate, alfajores, sweets, and much more. We boast the largest collection of yerba mate tea, with over 200 different types available at the best prices. Our product lineup also features delicious treats such as alfajores, fruit pastes (membrillo, batata guava, goiabada, lonja, brevas), dulce de leche (manjar blanco, cajeta, arequipe), spices (chimichurri, adobo, picante, aji, pepper biquinho, malagueta, triguisar, guascas), and an array of other Latin foods—all offered at competitive prices.

We work directly with suppliers in Latin America to ensure the highest quality and affordability. Being the exclusive importers of renowned yerba mate brands like Canarias, Playadito, Rosamonte, Liebig, Mate Rojo, Kraus Organic, Agua mate, Serena, and La Selva (among others), we bring you the best selection available. Additionally, we are proud to offer the world's most exquisite alfajores, including Havanna and Cachafaz, as well as the decadent dulce de leche San Ignacio and dulce de leche Havanna.

At Pachamama Latino Store, we prioritize ethical and sustainable practices. We carefully curate artisanal and handmade products, ensuring that each item meets our quality standards. Our inventory includes organic yerba mate, gourds (mates), straws (bombillas), tea bags, and delectable sweets such as alfajores, sweet caramel milk (dulce de leche, cajeta, manjar, arequipe), quince jam (dulce de membrillo), sweet potato paste (dulce de batata), guava paste (guayabada, goiabada, super lonja, bocadito), figs in syrup, and a wide variety of Latin foods from Brazil, Colombia, and more.

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Founded by Celia Hay, the New Zealand School of Food & Wine has been educating the next generation of baristas, chefs, restaurant & café owners, hospitality managers, sommeliers and wine professionals, hospitality tourism entrepreneurs as well as people who just love good food since 1995.

From LCQ Alcohol Managers Certificates to Food Hygiene Safety Certificates to New Zealand Wine Certificate and WSET Wine and Spirit qualifications to Baking and Cooking Classes and Cocktail and Bartending courses. In 2020 we marked the 25th anniversary of the New Zealand School of Food and Wine.


Located in Auckland's Viaduct, our NZQA New Zealand Government accredited qualifications offer practical hands-on cooking and hospitality-tourism focused certificates and diplomas, taught by a team of chefs, restaurant managers and wine professionals who are experts in their field and focused on the success of our students.


Greater detail about how the facets of wine production influence the different wine regions of the world. Developing your palate to better appreciate wine quality.

The class-room based course over 8 sessions provides detailed analysis of the principal wines and spirits of the world.

Students benefit from in-depth tastings where they will learn to identify product style and quality. An trial assessment day where students practice written questions and tastings prepares them for the WSET examination.

This consists of blind tasting of two wines + WSET multiple choice + Short written answers.

The key factors in the production of wine: location, grape growing, winemaking, maturation and bottling

How these key factors influence the key characteristics of the principal:

Still wines of the world: from Bourgogne to Bordeaux, Rioja to Napa, Mosel to Mendoza

Sparkling wines of the world: from Champagne to Prosecco, from Cava to Cremant

Fortified wines of the world: from Ruby Port to Banyuls, from Fino to PX

How to apply your understanding to explain wine style and quality

How to taste wines, describe their characteristics and evaluate their quality, using the WSET Level 3 Systematic Approach to Tasting Wine (SAT)

This qualification is open to students who hold the WSET Level 2 Award in Wines (& Spirits).

Although a large number of general interest wine enthusiasts join this course it is also ideally suited for those working in or wishing to enter the hospitality beverage or wine industries.

Students can gain multiple WSET qualifications as a package by enroling in the NZ Certificate in Professional Wine Knowledge, Level 5. New Zealand students may be eligible for student loans or Fees Free Study for the Level 5 programme.