Preparations for the inaugural Southern Wild Food Festival have taken a big step forward with the launch of the Festival logo, website and Facebook page.
The Festival, being organised by the Rotary Club of Invercargill in New Zealand, will be held on February 15, 2014 at Stadium Southland, to coincide with the A2B Yacht Race.
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| Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt, who is a Rotary Club of Invercargill Honourary Member, with Henry the Tuatara (111 years old plus) trying out some huhu grubs and crickets and getting into the mood of the festival |
Rotary Club of Invercargill President Mark Bain explained, “We were thinking about new ways we could generate money for the community, when someone suggested the idea of a wild food festival. It will be along the lines of the Hokitika Wild Food Festival, but with a Southland flavour.” The aim is to have a sustainable, world class event that showcases the Southland community.
Mark and Festival volunteers made public the festival logo, designed by local Rotarian and well-known graphic designer, Allan Derrick. “The logo can be viewed two ways. Viewed one way it is a plate with a knife and fork; and the other way to look at it is that it is a person. This encapsulates what the Southern Wild Food Festival is all about – people having a great time and enjoying good food,” he said.
The Southern Wild Food Festival website is at: www.southernwildfoodfestival.co.nz or www.wildfoodfestival.co.nz. It was built by Invercargill business, Jump Frog.
The Facebook page is at: The Southern Wild Food Festival.
Mark said the website and Facebook pages were the two main ways members of the public can keep up to date with how preparations for the festival are progressing, and both will be updated regularly, so people are encouraged to like the Facebook page and put the website in their favourites.
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| Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt, who is an Honourary Member, surrounded by Rotary Club of Invercargill members wearing Southern Wild Food Festival tee shirts |
He added, “It’s going to be a great event and we want people to enjoy the build up with us. Proceeds from the annual Southern Wild Food Festival will be used by the Rotary Club of Invercargill to fund community projects. The recipient of proceeds for the first festival will be Rape and Abuse Support Centre Southland.”
“It is an ambitious and complex undertaking, but the beauty of Rotary is that it has a lot of skilled people who want to help serve the community we live in. Everyone has something to offer. We have also been blown away by the positivity and support we have received from the rest of the community.”
