Northlanders share the taste as chocolate roadshow hits town

Davena Penehio with 6-month-old Wairahi Pugh receives her free Cadbury chocolate from Yanta Zubiri. Photo/Tania Whyte

Davena Penehio and 6-month-old Wairahi Pugh were two of many Northland residents who lined up to get a free bar of Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate this week.

The Cadbury roadshow made three stops in Northland - Kerikeri and Kawakawa on Wednesday and Whangārei on Thursday - on its way down the country.

The campaign encouraged people to share the taste. People chose who they wanted to share their block of chocolate with - a friend, mum, dad, husband, etc and a corresponding sticker was put on to the free block of chocolate.

Cadbury has been under fire for closing its Dunedin factory, after 150 years in the city, in March, with the loss of 350 jobs.