Wellington Chocolate Factory makes bean-to-bar chocolate by hand in Te Aro. Its website calls it New Zealand's original craft chocolate maker. Bean-to-bar means the maker handles every step from raw cocoa to finished bar, and here the cocoa comes from the Pacific: since mid-2025, all of its beans have come from Pacific islands. The company says its Grower Partner Initiative, started in 2021, led to a single-origin Vanuatu bar. It also says it helps growers with solar power to dry the cocoa, water pumps, and judging local chocolate-making competitions. The range is built around that Pacific story, so the bars are as much about where the beans grew as how they taste.
The shop is on Eva Street in Te Aro, and the website says there is no public parking on Eva Street. The facility is not wheelchair accessible, and the Eva Street shop does not offer online order pick-up. Shipping is free on orders over $70 as at 2026.
Our pick in Te Aro for a bar to take home with a real story behind it.