National and regional events highlight the production of a wide-ranging supply of gourmet foods and boutique wines. New Zealand’s annual Hokitika Wildfoods Festival, in the South Island, has become world renowned for odd but interesting Kiwi foods like sheep’s eyes, bug larvae, wild highland beef, curried hoki tikka, pesto ice-cream, possum pie and worm sushi. Seasonal festivals, regular farmers’ markets and country fairs, which showcase fresh and flavourful produce, are favourite destinations for locals and tourists. Indigenous foods feature increasingly on restaurant menus, and traditional Maori cuisine is experiencing a contemporary twist at the hands of innovative cooks like Rotorua-based Maori chef Charles Royal. If tasting the delights of New Zealand cuisine isn’t enough, visitors can also learn to cook the Kiwi way. Cooking classes are popular with overseas visitors.