Make this Christmas one to remember with gifts that truly give back. Our Good Christmas Gift Guide is here to inspire thoughtful, affordable, sustainable and ethical gifting for everyone on your list. From eco-friendly treasures and locally made goodies to luxurious self-care items that align with your values, this guide is packed with ideas that make the season brighter – without compromising the planet.
Your Ethical Directory
Your one-stop-shop for ethical giving. Find the perfect Christmas gift that aligns with your values. Fair&good is filled with unique gifts that are made with empowered hands, and their 2024 Ethical Christmas Gift Guide features more than 60 products by brands that are doing good. From beauty to home goods, browse your favourite brands and shop ethically this Christmas!
fair&good values are the guiding principles behind every brand they showcase. Fair Labour, Transparency and Consistency are three must-haves among the eight values. When you browse their directory, you can trust that each brand has been carefully chosen to align with your values and is making a positive impact on people and the planet.
Life-Changing Gifts
This Christmas, World Vision invites you to make a lasting impact by choosing gifts that transform lives. Through their ethical Gift Catalogue, you can provide essentials like clean water, food, education and sustainable resources to children and families in need. With options starting at just $10, such as seeds or mosquito nets, and larger gifts like a beehive ($350) or a forest revival ($215), every choice helps combat hunger, poverty and conflict.
Each gift includes a card or e-card to personalise and share the powerful story behind the gesture. By swapping novelty items for acts of compassion, you can spread joy to loved ones while supporting communities worldwide. Give the gift of hope this festive season.
Zero-Waste Gifts
Give simply, sustainably and kindly with The Good Registry, an innovative New Zealand-based initiative designed to make gift-giving more meaningful. Instead of traditional presents, The Good Registry allows people to purchase Good Gift Cards or create gift registries where the funds go directly to one or more of 65 registered charities. This approach eliminates waste and supports important causes.
Good Gift Cards are digital, instantly delivered, and allow you to choose the charity you want to support. Businesses can also use these for corporate gifting. This initiative is ideal for eco-conscious individuals and businesses looking to create positive change through their gifting choices while reducing environmental impact.
Self-care for Mums
Biomama Skincare emerged from founder Lauren’s desire to celebrate women during motherhood – not just as caretakers, but as individuals deserving of indulgence, confidence and recognition. Biomama is redefining pregnancy and postpartum care with a bold and empowering approach to self-care.
Crafted with premium, naturally derived ingredients, Biomama’s range, including their popular Healing Oil, addresses the unique skin concerns of pregnancy and postpartum while prioritising safety for both mother and baby. It’s about creating moments of reconnection and worship for mothers, helping them embrace their bodies’ beauty and resilience during this transformative journey. With a focus on holistic self-care and mental health, Biomama Skincare is empowering women to feel sexy and celebrated in their own skin, all while supporting a sustainable future.
Goody Goody Sun Drops
A great gift for a loved one this summer, or who is about to travel! Protecting our skin is the most important thing we can do over the warmer months and Boost Lab’s Goody Goody Sun Drops™ SPF50+ Serum is the perfect choice. Lightweight, non-greasy, hydrating, age defying and more – not to mention cruelty free and no nasty chemicals! Check it out at boostlabco.com.
Deliciously Lush
Let a loved one indulge in pure gold with Lush’s seasonal Yog Nog range, full of sweet maple syrup and warming clove bud oil to hydrate and soften the skin – smells so good you’ll have to refrain from eating it! All Lush bottled products are packaged in certified recycled Prevented Ocean Plastic™ – the fresh, handmade cosmetics company has been using 100% recycled plastic for its clear bottles for over a decade, and this exciting next step sees it collecting discarded plastic from beaches to be reused again and again.
You’ll be supporting ethical gifting that is handmade with love, and if you shop in store, you can choose an alternative to wrapping paper with a reusable and sustainable fabric gift-wrap handmade by Indian artisans.
For The Boys
Created in NZ by Kiwi beauty entrepreneur Sarah Inglis, and tested on her own husband, Flint is designed to combat common male skin concerns like shaving irritation, uneven texture and signs of ageing. Flint’s formulations balance oil production, nourish the skin and protect the skin barrier – a clean, effective and affordable routine that simplifies men’s skincare. Flint’s four hero products – Gentle Cleanser, Hydrating Moisturiser, Restoring Exfoliant and Repairing Serum – are up to 99% natural and packed with active ingredients.
Golden Healing
An ideal gift for those on the path to clarity and expansion. Golden Healer Quartz is a powerful crystal known for its healing energy and radiant golden hues. It is suggested to purify and balance on physical, emotional and spiritual levels, while amplifying intentions and fostering spiritual growth. This crystal aligns with the Solar Plexus chakra, helping to manifest desires and unlock your true potential. It enhances leadership, creativity and attraction.
Festive Scents
Who doesn’t love a candle?! It’s one of those great universal gifts that anyone will enjoy. Ashley & Co’s limited edition Twilight Collection features four options, all housed within a beautiful gift box in a colour palette which mirrors the subtle hues and gradients of those magical moments around dawn and dusk. Hero of the Twilight Collection is the Yulepine waxed perfume, fresh from the forest with a special, atmospheric scent of Siberian Pine, Sage, Coriander, Saffron and the warmth of Oud Wood – bring on the festive scents!
Tie It Right
Forgot boring shoelaces – meet the Woo-lace. Made from NZ strong wool, this sustainable, durable lace is an ideal stocking filler. Created by AUT student Jacob Smith, the award-winning Woo-lace is dyed with vegetable skins and comes in four colours. Stylish, affordable, washable, good for the planet, and they don’t come undone, so you won’t trip up!
A Sip Of Spice
This one is for the gin lovers. Mothers Ruined Gin is a New Zealand premium gin that prides itself on producing bold, flavour-forward gins in sustainable technology – and was the first gin in the Southern Hemisphere to be packaged in recyclable paperboard bottles. This limited edition Christmas Spice Gin is sure to bring a festive chair to your next dinner party with Christmas pudding spices and Seville orange. Try it with tonic to change this gorgeously green gin to a delicate lilac pink.
Stocking stuffers
PAUME’S Stocking Stuffer Crackers are the perfect gift for Secret Santa, last minute gifting, or for the person who loves to pamper themselves. Go for the All-In-One Cuticle Cream & Hand and Nail Brush Cracker, or the Probiotic Hand Balm & Overnight Hydration Gloves Cracker. PAUME delivers eco-conscious, luxurious hand care products designed to nourish, cleanse and protect, with sustainability at the core.
Built To Last
Known for its longevity and sustainability combined with innovation, functionality and luxury design, cookware brand Ironclad provides a return to a beautiful craft and traditional techniques in an era of disposable ‘stuff’. Not to mention, reducing the millions of pans being sent to landfill every year.
Made of high-grade reclaimed iron, each product comes with a Three Generation Guarantee™ to last 100-years, with this promise on the base of every single one of its skillets. Ironclad’s mission is to create high-quality products that last and leave a healthier planet for future generations.
Staying safe
We all know how dangerous batteries can be, so if you’re gifting toys to children, or sending a gift hamper to a new mother, this is a great addition! Energizer has launched its world-first 3-in-1 Child Shield Innovation into New Zealand across its coin lithium battery range that will help you to create a safer environment for kids this festive season. The safety system combines three layers of protection: child-resistant packaging, a non-toxic bitter coating and the new exclusive colour alert technology. Together, they provide the most comprehensive battery safety solution on the market.
