Blackbeards Smokehouse Ltd

Blackbeards Smokehouse Ltd Serving up the best of the Hauraki Gulf – fresh mussels, oysters, smoked fish, and our sustainably harvested wakame seaweed sauces.

Stop in at 1B Kopu Road, Kopu or visit us online. Some of our key outlets are:

New World Supermarkets in:
-Whitianga
-Whangamata
-Browns Bay /AKL
-Mt.Maunganui /TGA
-Hillcrest /Hamilton
-Cambridge
-Devonport /AKL
-Albany /AKL



Some of our other outlets:
-Outpost /Great Barrier Island
-Vetro Mediterranen Food /Rotorua
-The Merchant /Taupo
-Thames Wholesale Fisheries
-Sanford Retail /TGA
-The Stunned Mullet/Whitianga

Keep an eye out as more shops get added regularly!

A little reminder to myself that progress doesn’t always look like progress.Some weeks I feel like getting our Wakame & ...
09/09/2026

A little reminder to myself that progress doesn’t always look like progress.

Some weeks I feel like getting our Wakame & Lemon Hot Sauce “out there” is painfully slow and that we should be further along by now. Then a week comes along where we’re suddenly shipping 70 bottles out to stockists.

Small biz food production is a roller coaster. Lots of small steps, a few backwards ones, and then those weeks where you realise you actually ARE getting somewhere.

Taking this one as a win. 70 wakame and lemon hot sauce bottles heading around NZ this week!

Got a seafood-loving Dad? We’ve got Father’s Day sorted!Grab a pot of fresh oysters plus a packet of Blackbeards smoked ...
01/09/2026

Got a seafood-loving Dad? We’ve got Father’s Day sorted!

Grab a pot of fresh oysters plus a packet of Blackbeards smoked mussels for just $35, normally $41. Valid till the rest of this week or while stocks last.

Find us at Blackbeards Smokehouse, 1 Kopu road, Thames.

Open Tuesday to Friday, 10am–4pm

Fresh shellfish, smoked favourites, and something NEW in the cabinet this week!Fresh Coromandel mussels, direct from the...
26/08/2026

Fresh shellfish, smoked favourites, and something NEW in the cabinet this week!

Fresh Coromandel mussels, direct from the farms – $5.95/kg
Smoked kahawai – $13.00 a fish
Fresh Mahurangi oysters – pots ($25.00) and halfshell (6 for $15.00), direct from the farms and shucked onsite by us.

And NEW this week… our Smoked Mussel Pâté! We’ve been working on this one over winter and it’s finally ready to hit the cabinet. Smoky, creamy and packed with our smoked mussels – perfect with crackers, fresh bread or as part of a platter.

Find us at Blackbeards Smokehouse, next to the Kopu Pub, Thames
Open Tuesday–Friday, 10am–4pm

Winter is when we get a bit of breathing room, and some of our ideas finally get a chance to come to life! One thing I l...
24/08/2026

Winter is when we get a bit of breathing room, and some of our ideas finally get a chance to come to life!

One thing I love about the quieter winter months is having a wee bit of time to play around with projects we’ve had mulling away in the background. I’ve always wanted to sell a dip (wholesale), but we needed the right equipment to do it properly, and this winter we finally got our hands on a blitzer (primarily for hot sauce making!) We’ve now got our smoked mussel recipe sorted and we’re really happy with it. This will be something we can sell in our shop, but importantly, we’ll also be able to offer it wholesale. Now to work on packaging! The smoked salmon version is still a work in progress. We love the ones we’ve been making for the shop, but at the moment the numbers just don’t stack up for wholesale, so it’s back to the drawing board on that one. Watch this space!

Summers on its way, so we are opening for an extra day!Starting this week, we’re adding Tuesdays to our opening hours. T...
24/08/2026

Summers on its way, so we are opening for an extra day!

Starting this week, we’re adding Tuesdays to our opening hours. That means we’ll now be open 10am–4pm, Tuesday to Friday.

We’re stocked up for tomorrow with fresh mussels and oysters, plus a heap of freshly smoked kahawai. Pop in and say hi, and grab something good for dinner while you’re here!

Wooops! We just realised we forgot to share the new artwork for our Smoked Wakame BBQ Sauce!Our clever little octo is ba...
21/08/2026

Wooops! We just realised we forgot to share the new artwork for our Smoked Wakame BBQ Sauce!

Our clever little octo is back, and this time he’s juggling tomatoes, garlic and onions, some of the key ingredients that give this sauce its rich, smoky BBQ flavour.

We got SO much great feedback on this sauce at the Tauranga Food Show last weekend, and sales exceeded our expectations, selling everything that we brought.

We reckon this one is perfect for anyone who loves the idea of getting more seaweed into their diet, but isn’t so sure about the taste. It doesn’t scream seaweed at all. Think of it more like an elevated, smoky BBQ sauce that just happens to have wakame in it.

Slather it over smoked mussels or fish, serve it with roast veggies, add it to burgers, or use it with your favourite meat off the BBQ. It’s a seriously versatile little sauce!

Salmon spread is BACK! If you love a good snack plate, we’ve got you sorted. Grab a tub of our salmon spread, add your f...
18/08/2026

Salmon spread is BACK! If you love a good snack plate, we’ve got you sorted. Grab a tub of our salmon spread, add your favourite crackers and a few tasty extras like olives and smoked mussels and you’ve got yourself a pretty decent little spread.

Available in the shop this week, open Wednesday to Friday, 10am–3pm.

Tauranga, you absolutely cleaned us out!What an awesome weekend at the Tauranga Food Show. We knew Tauranga had a great ...
16/08/2026

Tauranga, you absolutely cleaned us out!

What an awesome weekend at the Tauranga Food Show. We knew Tauranga had a great foodie scene, but wow, you guys really showed up!

We completely sold out of our Smoked Wakame BBQ Sauce and came home with only a couple of bottles of Wakame & Lemon Hot Sauce left. It was a very, very busy show (forgot to take photos!) with heaps of stock sold, loads of tastings, and so many great chats about our wakame sauces and smoked mussels.

We will 100% be back next year!

If you missed us and you're local, you can still get your Blackbeards fix. Our smoked mussels are available at FreshChoice Pāpāmoa and New World Brookfield.

Best husband award goes to our first customer of the day!He was waiting at the door when I arrived this morning and told...
13/08/2026

Best husband award goes to our first customer of the day!

He was waiting at the door when I arrived this morning and told me he was working in the area, so had to grab some smoked mussels. Apparently his wife would not forgive him if he came home without them!

If you need to keep someone at home happy too (shopping for yourself fine too!), we’ve got heaps of fresh mussels, oysters, smoked mussels and other seafood goodies in store.

Open until 4pm today before we head over to Tauranga for the Food Show!

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1 Kopu Road
Thames
3500

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