Bluff Oyster Season Festival

Oysters The Bluff oyster, a local delicacy, is eagerly anticipated by New Zealanders each year.

Bluff is at the southern-most tip of the South Island, a region not known for its temperate

climes, but where many a tourist braves the temperatures to catch the view across the wild

seas of Foveaux Strait to Stewart Island. The Bluff oyster season runs from March to August

and there is a quota system that prevents over-harvesting of this valuable shellfish. The Bluff

oyster can be eaten raw or cooked. It is unique to New Zealand and not exported as the local

market takes the full quota. The Bluff Oyster and Southland Seafood Festival is an annual event held in June.

Southland has a natural unspoilt beauty that travellers find hard to leave. The character of the

region is found in the landscape – the endless beaches pounded by the Pacific Ocean, rolling

green, fertile plains, meandering rivers and rugged mountains.

Southland’s scenery is forever changing. You can stand in a forest and feel you’re the only perosn on earth.

Further information:
Bluff Oyster Management Co Ltd

Phone +64 3 218 6179

Email murray.rankin@mcp.co.nz