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Hospo buy-in boosts bottle swap scheme
Kāpiti News: September 2022
Bottle swapping scheme by award-winning Paraparaumu-based distillery The Bond Store is e...
Kiwi gin released in rat trap box to help with wildlife conservation
Bec Kay says sustainability is at the core of their business, and says she came up with the idea to make a rat trap p...
A 'fantastic' part of New Zealand to go exploring
Stuff Travel: December 2021
What's one place you'd take every visitor to in NZ and why?
The top of the South Island,...
Vodka and coffee pair up in new tasty tripple
We discovered that there were no coffee vodka products in the market and wanted to fill this gap using Fair Trade Org...
When life gave this Paraparaumu couple lemons — they made an award-winning limoncello
A quick read of the compliments taped to a wall at Koakoa’s Paraparaumu factory is a pick-me-up when Bec Kay, the c...
A spirited kind of love: Bec and Chris on travel, trials and distilling
Bec Kay, 45, is the chief distiller at Koakoa, making limoncello, gin and vodka on the Kāpiti Coast. The former nurs...
Kapiti spirits producer ramps up sustainable initiatives
Kiwi liqueur and spirits producer, Koakoa, has announced it is doubling down on its spirit crates system as it ramps...
Reuse is King at Kāpiti Craft Distillery The Bond Store
Glass Packaging Forum: March 2020
When it comes to sustainability the waste hierarchy is the simplest and often best...
Midlife gin crisis pays off for duo
Wairarapa Times Age: January 2020
A husband and wife team with a Wairarapa base went head to head against each other...