North Dunedin · Dunedin
Kauri & Cold Fire
Cold-climate woody candles — peat, smoke, kauri resin. Built for the long Dunedin winter.
- Rapeseed wax
- 65hr burn time
- Windfall-only kauri sourcing
Wax base
Rapeseed wax
From
$58 NZD
Typical burn
65 hours
Trading
8 years
Team
Founder + 2 staff
The studio.
Kauri & Cold Fire's range was designed around an honest premise — Dunedin gets dark at four pm in June and you need a candle that fills the room, not a candle that flatters it. Heavy wax loadings, deep base notes (vetiver, peat smoke, kauri-style resins sustainably sourced from windfall), and longer burn times than any other maker on the directory.
Signature.
Peat-smoke, kauri resin, vetiver — cold-climate longburn
Vessel.
Recycled black-glass apothecary jar, brass-stamped
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Where to find Kauri & Cold Fire.
2 stockists carry this maker — physical and online.
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Ōtepoti's cold winters mean candles are functional as well as decorative. North Dunedin makers lean towards heavier waxes, longer burn times, and unapologetic scent — peat, smoke, kauri.
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