I am also still lokking for some dark folour for nice gingerbread, no luck so far!

Frohe Weihnachten
Angela

Thank you for keeping the flag flying!
It is great to have you contribute for the continuing eating pleasures of Germans in Wellington.
Cheers, Simone

I thought, even though you're not here anymore, it might still be worth adding a little update here as it might be helpful for other people.

The butcher in Nelson has a homepage now with an online shop: http://www.bratwurstgrill.co.nz. I can recommend all of their products, the quality is excellent and I have recommended it to several people who were all very pleased with the service and quality of the goods. Their Schwarzwälder Schinken is fantastic :)

Sauerkraut is available at On Trays in Petone, just like Horseradish (also sold at Moore Wilson's).

Beer: The Malthouse on Courtenay Place has Hofbräu beers on tap, and a good range of bottled German wheat beers, including Erdinger, served in their original glasses including the Bierdeckel. They even get special brews from Hofbräu (like the special Oktoberfest one) on tap sometimes.
NZ made beers have all kinds of preservatives and other additives in them, which tends to give me a good headache. "Clean" ones are the Mac's range, although I believe only the Spring Tide is really clean-clean.

I still haven't been to the German restaurant in Lower Hutt as I haven't really seen or heard many positive reviews. If you ever get up to Auckland, make sure you pay a visit to "Der Metz" on Kohimarana Road.

That's it from me, I hope you're well!
I'll be going home for Christmas in two weeks, looking forward to all the good food :)

Cheers
Lydia

Kerrie, I would try Common Sense Organics for different flours. That's a guess, though, as I did not bake my own bread in Wellington and can't follow it up now as I have left NZ. Good Luck!

I just had an Austrian evening with a few friends yesterday and we had Austrian wine there - that reminded me of you and I thought I could post a few more tips here.
Our Austrian wine came from Regional Wines and Spirits near the Basin Reserve. They have German wines as well.

Another thing that you haven't mentioned here yet is On Trays, the South African Shop in Petone, not far from the Dutch Shop. They have all kinds of European cheeses that I haven't seen anywhere else so far. They also have a good selection of wines, but I haven't compared the prices to Regional Wines and Spirits yet.

There is also the House Of Knives there, where they have a huge selection of quality kitchen utensils (and knives of course).

For those who like Quark, Commonsense Organics have something called Quark, but I haven't tried that yet, as it's $8,40 for 500g. I make mine from Yogurt and a cheesecloth, which I got at Moore Wilson's.

Some stores, like Moore Wilson's, have a good range of German and Swiss Christmas treats now, they even have a Lindt rendeer, that looks just like the Lindt easter rabbit :)

Oh, yes, and in my other comment I didn't give the name of the Butcher in Nelson - that's Bratwurst Grill, they don't have a homepage, but here's a list of products: http://www.starboard.co.nz/sausages/sausagesHome.html.

The only thing that I still haven't found here (apart from the sweet mustard) is snow for Christmas :)

Cheers
Lydia

Great to hear from you. No, I have not found any Weisswurstsenf: I must admit that it would not really be on my radar as I am not into WW myself ;-). Thanks for the beer hints & your offer of bringing stuff back from Germany. We are going back to Europe ourselves soon, so will be able to stock up on necessities like Kartoffelklösse and an old fashioned cookbook that has those receipes in from scratch.

I ordered Weißwürste from a German butcher in Nelson now (the ones from Meat on Tory don't look like the real thing, even though their other sausages may be good) and I will try and call Brezelmania tomorrow morning to see if they hold their name's promise.
I looked for the mustard at Moore Wilson's who have quite a good range, but couldn't find the sweet one.

About beer: the supermarkets have a small choice of German (wheat)beers, usually Hofbräu, sometimes Schneider Weisse and sometimes even dark wheatbeer. The price is $4 to $5 per bottle, lately NW is actually a little cheaper than Moore Wilson's.
My latest acquisition are wheat beer glasses - found at Moore Wilson's (1st floor) at a rather normal price.

We are going home for a month from next week, if you need anything from Germany or Austria, email me and I can bring it.