Agribusiness Examples 2025

Lesson Starters for Agribusiness��Created by Leeann Morgan, Hamilton Boys High School.��These slides cover over 100 Agribusinesses, each Agribusiness has a few slides outlining what the business is, and a video clip or two about the business.� �The intent of the power point is to open each lesson throughout the year by showcasing a new Agribusiness. The order the businesses is not necessarily important nor does it need to be specific to the topic you are covering, instead it can be used to introduce the variety of Agribusiness and to start discussions around product, brand recognition, innovation, and marketing. �The PPT also provides the opportunity to highlight the breadth of career opportunities throughout the sector and the scope for diversification and opportunities across the sectors. This in itself can help to dispel the myths and poor perception of the industry and working within it.�If it is possible, bring the product in for students to sample – nothing like tasting or experiencing the product to bring tangible learning experiences into the classroom.

NZ Inside Story - Food

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Science and Technology in Agribusinesses

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Envy Apples

1. Developed in NZ by HortResearch in 2009
2. Genetically a cross between Braeburn and Royal Gala apples
3. Developed for US Market - crisp bite, sweet flesh that doesn’t brown
4. Grown in both NZ and USA to have year round supply
5. Expected to export 2 million cartons of apples by 2020.

Envy Apple Video

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Envy Apple - American TV Review

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Whittakers Chocolate

• Company started in 1890 by James Whittaker
• Iconic Peanut Slab developed in 1950
• NZ’s favourite chocolate
• Voted NZ’s most trusted brand for past 7 years
• 30% of chocolate exported
• Works with other NZ firms e.g L&P, Tip Top and the All Blacks

Whittakers Video

Video

Sweet As Popcorn

1. Company started in Raglan in 2010
2. Initial sales were at weekend markets
3. Aim to offer a healthy snack alternative
4. Exporting to Australia, USA and Asia
5. Uses no advertising - all word of mouth
6. Dairy and gluten free with a gourmet taste
7. Sold in over 1000 NZ shops including BP and Z Stations

Sweet As Popcorn Interview

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Oete Goat Farm

• One of NZ's largest goat farms with 3000 does
• Great online presence - facebook and instagram
• Farm in Pukekohe, South Auckland
• Goat farms smaller than dairy farms - very sustainable
• Rolling paddocks used to cut and carry grass to goats
• High animal welfare practices

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Oete Goat Farm

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Zespri Kiwifruit

Zespri Adverts - International

India - 2016

Zespri Adverts - International

Singapore - 2016

Zespri Adverts - International

Australia 2018

Allbirds - sneakers

• Company started in 2014
• Idea to make a shoe out of merino wool - The Wool Runner
• “World’s most comfortable shoe” branding
• Now uses other recyclable materials with laces made from plastic bottles and soles made from renewable caster bean oil
• New shoe is The Tree Runner made from eucalyptus trees
• Very popular with celebrities e.g. Mark Zuckberg & Jennifer Garner
• Recent company value $1.4 billion

Allbirds and Celebrities

Allbirds

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Fonterra

Fonterra Clips

Video - 2011

Fonterra Clips

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Invivo Wine

1. Began in 2008
2. First equity crowdfunded winery - $4.7 million
3. Pairs with celebrities e.g Graham Norton and Sarah Jessica Parker to sell their wine
4. Located in Te Kauwhata
5. Branding “we make wine our mates would drink”
6. Now added Gin to the mix

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Invivo Clips

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Invivo Clips

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Kapiti

• Company started in 1984
• Makes gourmet cheeses, yoghurts and other dairy products
• Sells products both in NZ and overseas
• 2005 Kapiti bought by Fonterra

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Kapiti Clips

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Kapiti Icecream Advert

2010

Bostocks Chicken

• Bostock Brothers Organic Free Range Chickens
• Located in Hawkes Bay in an apple orchard
• Advertised as : Antibiotic free, Hormone free, GMO free, Chemical free and Chlorine free
• Completely compostable packaging - if you don’t have a home compost, can return packaging to them to compost
• Selling online and at local supermarkets
• Smart online presence

Bostocks Clips

Video 2017

My Food Bag

• Founded in 2012
• Meal kit home delivery service
• Founders include Nadia Lim (winner of Masterchef, Theresa Gattung (ex CEO of Spark), Cecilia Robinson
• Now employs 120 staff and is a multimillion dollar company

My Food Bag Clips

Nadia Lim interview

My Food Bag Adverts

2013

My Food Bag - Express Bag Advert

2016

Key reasons for My Food Bag’s success

• Delivers recipes and ingredients to customers

• No food waste

• No shopping

• Great quality food

• Quick meal preparation and cooking

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• Expanded to include lower priced option in 2016

– Bargain Box

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Dairy Goat Co-Op

• Owned by 71 Goat Farmers
• Employs 120 staff
• Located in Hamilton - around corner from Gallaghers
• Goats milk has nutritional benefits - smaller fat globules easier to digest. One of the closest milks to human milk so makes great infant formula
• Goat milk has greater milk payout - average of $15kg/ms compares to $6.50 for dairy cows

Dairy Goat Co-Op Videos

2017

Dairy Goat Co-Op Videos

2018

Sealord

• Founded in 1961
• 50% owned by all Māori through Moana New Zealand and 50% owned by Japanese fishing company Nissui
• Branding: “Our passion is to provide great quality seafood from New Zealand to the world.”
• Provide a range of different consumer products

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Sealord Clips

2016

Sealord Adverts

2017

Sealord TV Adverts

2012

Davies Food Clip

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Icebreaker

• Iconic NZ Agribusiness example - value added product
• Created in 1995 by 24 year old Jeremy Moon
• Make sustainable merino wool outdoor wear
• Hard sell initially as up against cheaper synthetic clothing made from petrochemical fibers
• established long-term contracts with merino wool growers - new business model
• introduced a ‘baacode’ on garments - allow wearers to trace the lineage of their garments right back to the sheep station it comes from

Icebreaker Video - Part One

2011

Icebreaker Video - Part Two

2011

Yashili

• Privately owned infant formula and soymilk products company in China - set up NZ production plant in Pokeno in 2014
• NZ plant is the first one Yashili owns outside of China
• Pokeno plant cost an estimated $210 million to build
• Yashili has sourced all its milk for its infant formula products from New Zealand - Chinese customers pay a price premium for this - food security
• Pokeno chosen as site for NZ operations as close to both Tauranga and Auckland Ports for exports.

Yashili Corporate Video

2015

Yashili Corporate video

2019

Leaderbrand

• Founded in 1975
• Supplies all NZ supermarkets and Subways
• grows approx 3,500ha of fresh produce each year for process, domestic and international customers
• 100% family owned and operated

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Leaderbrand clips

2013

Leaderbrand clips

2017

Charlies

• Started in 1999 by three friends
• Market their products as "Honest", referring to the fact that the products are not from concentrate with no sugar added
• In July 2011, Japanese beverage company Asahi acquired Charlie's for $129 million

Charlies Clip

2015

Firstlight Foods

• Started in 2003 - only retail supplier of Wagyu in NZ
• Supply grass fed, free range wagyu beef and venison
• Wagyu beef is a Japanese bred beef cattle that has fat distributed more evenly throughout the muscle of the animal
• Most expensive beef in the world with Wagyu steak priced at $100 plus/kg
• Extraordinary meat melts in your mouth. Rich and buttery and unbelievably easy to cook

Firstlight Foods Wagyu Beef

Firstlight Foods Clip

Video 2017

Firstlight foods clip

2012

Tip Top

• Started in 1936
• Famous for its TV adverts e.g Fruji ad in 1980s and VW Beetle ad in 1985
• 2001 Fonterra buys the brand
• 2011 Tip Top starts a 2 year process to ensure all colourings and flavourings used in their ice cream is natural
• 2016 Tip Top makes 55 million litres of ice cream
• 2019 Tip Top sold to global ice cream giant Froneri for $380 million

Tip Top Clip

2016

Tip Top Adverts

Fruju Iceblocks

Tip Top Adverts

Trumpet

Tip Top Advert

2006

Gallaghers

• Started in 1930s when Bill Gallagher invented an electrical circuit that gave a shock when the family horse rubbed the family car
• Now have electric fences for elephants!
• Also design security systems for US jails and Buckingham Palace
• Waikato based and give large sums of money to the community e.g. Waikato Hospice and University

Gallaghers Video

2016

Gallaghers Tour

2019

Gallaghers Products

Yealands

• Established in 2008 - 8/8/08
• Goal to be a global leader in sustainable wine production
• Export to over 80 countries
• Popular brands include Babydoll Wine and Yealands Estate
• Voted NZ’s favourite wine in 2018
• Fined $400,000 in 2018 for falsifying sugar records of wine destined for EU markets - 3.7 million litres of wine

Yealands Clips

Sustainability

Yealands Clips

Babydoll Wine

Yealands Wines

Yealands Wine - BabyDoll

Swanndri

• Iconic kiwi brand
• Started in 1913
• saw the need for clothing that would keep outdoors men and women warm in the harsh New Zealand environment
• The classic "swanny" or bush shirt is a heavy, hooded, woollen garment with a lace up section at the neck
• Brand paired with Karen Walker in 2006
• Swanndri has been outsourcing its production to China since 2005

Swanndri Clip

Advert

Swanndri Clip

Advert

Swanndri and the Highlanders

2018

Shoof

• Shoof was founded in 1973
• Head Office still in Cambridge
• Shoof is a developer, manufacturer, importer, exporter and marketer of veterinary and animal breeding equipment
• Developed cow shoe idea to reduce cow lameness (shoe for a hoof)
• Shoof now has 90 staff and a turnover of $25 million

Shoof Model

Shoe for a hoof

Donovans Chocolate

• Waikato Chocolatier
• Mixes Ghanaian cocoa with creamy New Zealand milk
• Create premium products with unique kiwi inspired flavours that New Zealanders know and love
• Sold at supermarkets and gift shops

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Donovans Chocolate Clips

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Donovans Chocolate and Good George Brewery

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Fix and Fogg - Peanut Butter

• Started in 2014
• Small boutique peanut butter makers
• Owners were lawyers before starting business
• Make every jar of Fix & Fogg from start to finish in the factory in Wellington
• Sustainable business with emphasis on reducing food waste and recycling

Fix and Fogg Clips

2015

Zealong Tea

• Zealong Tea Estate is the only commercial tea estate in New Zealand
• Produces 100% organic tea
• Zealong Tea sells at Harrods Department Store in London for One Euro = One gram of tea
• Agritourism venture at the plantation in Hamilton
• Estate cover 40 Ha and has one million tea plants

Zealong Tea - Clip

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Zealong Tea Products

Miraka

• Miraka is a dairy company owned by a group of Māori trusts and incorporations
• Vision of 'nurturing our world'
• Located in Mokai, 30km northwest of Taupō
• Uses sustainable and renewable geothermal energy and state-of-the-art manufacturing processes
• The Miraka milk supply comes from 100 local farms within an 85km radius of the factory
• Capacity to process more than 250,000,000 litres of milk into powders and UHT products every year.

Miraka Farm Suppliers

2017

https://www.facebook.com/pg/primalfuturenz/videos/?ref=page_internal

Tatua Clips

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Tatua Clips

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Tatua Clips

Unicorn Freakshakes

Tatua Products

DairyNZ

• DairyNZ is the organisation that represents all NZ dairy farmers
• Funded by a levy on each litre of milk supplied to a dairy company
• The current levy is set at 3.6 cents per kgMS (plus GST)
• Levy funds about $67 million per year to support DairyNZ
• invests in practical on-farm tools, science, resources and support and advocacy
• ensures farmers have a profitable, sustainable and competitive future

DairyNZ Clips

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Aeronavics

• World-class designer and manufacturer of Aerial Robotics
• Based in NZ, (Raglan)Aeronavics exports world-wide
• Chose Raglan as base to keep staff happy
• Aerial robots used for :
• media and broadcasting,
• surveying and mapping,
• horticulture and precision agriculture,
• emergency services, and industrial inspections.

Aeronavics Clips

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Auckland Fish Market

• Started by Albert Sanford in 1904
• Located right down in the Viaduct
• Auction more than 20 tonnes of fish per day - 2009
• Recently refurbished to increase sales/image
• Refurb now includes 10 new eateries and two bars
• Managed and stocked by Sanford who prioritise sustainability and longevity in the way they fish

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Auckland Fish Market Clip

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Peplers Fine Foods

• Family owned business based in Te Kauwhata
• Sell handmade vinaigrettes, chutneys, dressings, jams, marmalades
• Sell wholesale to gift shops, restaurants and cafes

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Peplers Fine Foods Clips

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Foods of New Zealand

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Native Foods of New Zealand

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Greenlea Meats

• Family owned business started 80 years ago
• Located close to Gallaghers in Hamilton
• Two meat processing factories - Hamilton & Morrinsville
• Export to 40 countries
• Online sales within NZ
• Market meat as:

a. Sustainably produced - investment to reduce footprint

b. 100% grass fed

c. Halal certified

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Greenlea Clips

2017

Greenlea Community Involvement

• Like Gallaghers, Greenlea also gives back substantially to the community
• Greenlea funds the:
• Greenlea Rescue Helicopter
• St Paul’s Agribusiness program
• Various educational scholarships

Pamu

• Business started in 1886 - 144 farms covering 1m ha
• Owned by NZ Government - SOE - State Owned Enterprise
• A commitment to guardianship, conservation and sustainability known as kaitiakitanga
• Free range farming, no imported ingredients like palm kernel expeller (PKE), synthetic or artificial feed, GMO or antibiotics

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Pamu Clips

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Pamu Clips

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Ports of Tauranga

• Largest port in the NZ both in terms of total cargo volume, and in terms of container throughput
• Port of Tauranga employs 229 permanent staff and approximately 20 casual staff
• 2019 Annual revenue increases 10.4% to $313.3 million
• Trading on the NZX as one of the 50 largest listed companies of New Zealand

Ports of Tauranga Clips

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Kiwi Quinoa

• The first commercially ready quinoa crop harvested in NZ – in February 2016.
• Owners had the idea to grow quinoa in NZ after travelling through South America and noting the quinoa-growing regions of Peru bore quite a resemblance to home

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Kiwi Quinoa Clip

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Whitestone Cheese

• Founded in 1987 as a diversification during the 1980’s rural downturn and a series of droughts
• 100% family owned operation in Oamaru
• now employs over 50 staff and includes a cheese deli / store and offers guided factory tours
• Award winning cheeses - 9 awards in recent Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards

Whitestone Cheese Clips

Video

Whitestone Cheese Products

Jersey Girl Organics

• 5th generation family farm near Matamata
• Pedigree Jersey cows farmed organically
• Farm the Jersey cows as they produce milk with 18% more protein and 20% more calcium than other breeds
• Jersey milk is high in important Omega 3 and A2 Protein
• Sell milk at Farmers Markets in Auckland, Tauranga and Hamilton.

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Jersey Girl Organics

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Jersey Girl Organics Products

Te Ora Tea

• Blended and packed in New Zealand using premium hand selected teas with native New Zealand botanicals and natural ingredients
• Use tea leaves that are ethical and sustainable
• Invest 1% of yearly turnover into nonprofit projects that create positive change for the environment
• Tea blends are all carbon neutral
• Tea bag, string and tag are all biodegradable

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Te Ora Clips

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Moana New Zealand

• Premium seafood from the pristine waters of Aotearoa New Zealand
• largest Māori–owned fisheries company in New Zealand
• Fish blue abalone, wild abalone, fin fish, lobster and oysters
• Seafood supplier to My Food Bag
• Work to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries for future generations

Moana NZ Clips

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Moana NZ Clips - Sustainability

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Raglan Coconut Yoghurt

• Branding “joy in a jar”
• Owner dairy free due to allergies - decided to make own probiotic coconut yoghurt - suitable for vegans
• Now stocked in 500 stores and 80 cafes around New Zealand
• Exported to Australia,Singapore and Rarotonga
• Flavours include : Greek, (mango & turmeric, blackcurrant & vanilla, strawberry & acai, banana & chai and vanilla bean.

Raglan Coconut Yoghurt Clip

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Raglan Coconut Yoghurt Products

Pure Food Co

• 1 in 4 older people not getting the nutrition they need
• NZ Elderly are malnourished, meaning they are more frail, less independent and too often unhappy.
• Pure Food products are nutrient dense, fortified with extra energy, protein and fibre
• helps older people get the nutrition they need – even if they only eat small portion sizes

Pure Foods are made from fresh, local ingredients

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Pure Food Co Clip

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Mamaku Blueberries

• Business started by owners wanting to make their 100 acre run off into a profitable viable business venture
• Supplied berries and then blueberry wine
• Today make and market jams, health powders, juices, chocolate, sauces and even blueberry dog bones
• Located just outside Rotorua. Maximise tourist market by operating tours of the orchard and winery

Mamaku Blueberries Clip

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Silver Fern Farms - SFF

• New Zealand’s largest livestock processing and marketing company
• Owned by Silver Fern Farms Co-op Ltd, a cooperative of 16,000 New Zealand sheep, cattle and deer farmers and Shanghai Maling Aquarius Ltd
• Branding ‘delicious is respect’
• Grass fed, NZ origin used in marketing
• Clever recyclable packaging - product lasts longer - stands out in supermarket chillers

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SFF Packaging

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SFF Packaging

SFF Clips

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SFF Clip

Video - Food as a celebration

SFF TV Advert

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The Food Bowl

• An open access facility operated by NZ for NZ food and beverage makers
• Means companies can do research and development trials, pilot scale and commercial runs of new products for domestic and export markets
• Examples of FoodBowl success stories - Arepa, Otis Oak Milk, Goju wellness shots, Gourmet Baby, Culleys Hot Sauce, and Chocolate Pork Crackling.

The Food Bowl Clip

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Tendertips Asparagus

• Business started in 1980 in Horowhenua
• Has been supplying NZ supermarkets with fresh asparagus for 38 years
• Grow a number of varieties of asparagus including purple asparagus
• Recently diversified into growing strawberries in polytunnels under their new brand – Lewis Farms

Tendertips Asparagus Clip

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New Zealand Fieldays

• Largest agribusiness event in the Southern Hemisphere
• Attracts over 130,000 people from all over the world to Hamilton for four days in June
• In 2019 generated an impressive $549M in sales revenue for New Zealand firms
• With $183M going into the Waikato region alone

New Zealand Fieldays Clip

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Meadow Mushrooms

• Company founded in NZ in 1970 - Prebbleton, Canterbury
• Today the leading producer of mushrooms in NZ
• Mushrooms are picked fresh daily
• Only grower in New Zealand with full vertical integration from the production of spawn through to the dispatch to market and consumer promotion
• Farms 3 different types of mushrooms - white buttons, swiss brown buttons & portabello mushrooms
• Over 9 million mushrooms are individually hand-picked on the farm every week

Meadow Mushrooms Clip

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Lely

• Business established in 1948 in the Netherlands
• Create innovations so farming is sustainable, profitable and enjoyable
• National Office in NZ is in Hamilton
• Lely innovations include - robotic milking systems, calf feeders, herd homes and robotic sweepers

Lely Clip

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Pics Peanut Butter

• Business started in sunny Nelson
• Buy locally where possible and make an effort to minimise food miles without compromising quality
• Have to use Australian Hi Oleic peanuts - no suitable NZ nut
• Now producing more than $50 million worth of peanut, cashew and almond butter a year
• Pic’s Peanut Butter, which is 50 percent more expensive, is now New Zealand’s number one brand

Pics Peanut Butter Clip

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K9 Natural

• Use sustainable, free range, grass fed ingredients to make pet food for dogs and cats
• Idea is to create a high-meat diet packed with energy and nutrients
• Ingredients sourced in NZ and can be traced “from the farm gate to you pets plate”
• Grain free, gluten free and filler free
• 99% fresh meat and meat organs, 1% green lipped mussels, vitamins, minerals and essential oils

K9 Natural Clip

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Eat Crawlers

• New Zealand's first and largest Edible Insect & Cricket flour manufacturer and supplier
• founded in 2013
• insects are raised for human consumption and are sourced from sustainable, ethical and reputable farms throughout Asia and are prepared with care, here in New Zealand.
• ranges include Cricket Flour, Chocolate Coated Insects, Lightly Salted & Seasoned insects and our Insect Lollipops.

Eat Crawlers Clip

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Eat Crawlers Products

Honey roasted crickets

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Chocolate coated ants

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Villa Maria

• NZ’s most awarded winery
• Started in 1961 when a 21 year old leased 5 acres of land of his father in Mangere, Auckland
• Made dry red and white wines, sourcing grapes from the greater Auckland regions
• Today, Villa Maria employs more than 250 permanent staff, grows 28 different grape varieties, and exports wine to over 60 countries worldwide

Villa Maria Clip

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Volare Bread

• Started in 2009 by two old friends
• Dream was to create a Traditional Artisan Bakery that produced the highest quality sourdough bread, pastries and cakes
• Volare is now the Waikato and Bay of Plenty’s premier Artisan Bakery, distributing to cafe’s, restaurants and good food stores in the area
• Pride themselves on the QUALITY, INTEGRITY and HONESTY of the products

Volare Video

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Mahurangi Oysters

• Began farming oysters in 1991
• Selected this environmentally-friendly farming option after working on trout and scallop farms overseas
• Farm a plump Pacific Oyster off the coast of Warkworth
• This oyster has a sweet and uniquely fresh flavour
• Supply restaurants in NZ and export around the Pacific Rim
• Sell online options apart from the months of January to March

Mahurangi Oysters

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Barkers of Geraldine

• Started on a family farm in 1969
• Now employs more than 230 staff
• First product made was wine
• 1981 first non-alcoholic drink made - Barker’s Blackcurrant
• 1991 preserves added to product line. Now found on the shelves of major supermarkets and boutique stockists
• Today Barkers manufactures Barker’s Professional products for the foodservice industry

Barkers of Geraldine Clips

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Barkers of Geraldine Products

Tetra Pak

• Located at Ruakura, Hamilton
• Company started in Sweden
• Pioneered aseptic packaging, one of the most important food science innovations of the 20th century
• Food and beverages in aseptic packaging remain fresh and nutritious for many months, without needing refrigeration or preservatives
• Last year, 178 billion Tetra Pak packages sold in more than 170 countries
• Employs more than 23,000 people worldwide

Tetra Pak Clip

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Tui

• Tui Brewery has been around since 1889 when the water in the Mangatainoka River was tasted and a brewery was built
• Beer been brewed in some shape or form since then
• Known for cheeky adverts
• Today produces craft beers, bourbon and vodka
• Popular factory tours operate

Tui Video

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Tui Adverts

Best of the adverts

Otaika Valley Free Range Eggs

• Family run business with farms in Otaika Valley near Whangarei and Kaharoa near Rotorua
• Hens are free to roam on fertile land, resting at night in spacious safe barns
• Eggs sold nationwide into supermarkets, fruit and vegetable stores, retailers, cafés and restaurants

Otaika Valley Eggs Clip

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Clevedon Buffalo Cheese

• Farm just south of Auckland on the shores of the Hauraki Gulf
• Farm 150 head of buffalo for their porcelain white milk
• Produce award winning fresh buffalo mozzarella, yoghurt, marinated cheese and ricotta
• Pure white buffalo milk is A2 and contains significantly more protein and calcium than cow’s milk
• Milk has roughly half the cholesterol of cow’s milk

Clevedon Buffalo Cheese Clip

Campbell Live

Clevedon Buffalo Cheese Products

Chia Sisters

• Chloe and Florence craft health beverages in their hometown of Nelson, New Zealand
• Started with a chia-seed drink developed in 2013 as an alternative to sugar-laden energy drinks
• Bottled Chia drinks now being exported to Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia
• Big focus on nutrition, innovation and sustainability - factory is solar powered

Chia Sisters Clip - 15 mins

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Chia Sisters Products

The Yummy Fruit Company

• Business started in 1862 with a family orchard in Nelson
• In early 1900s family relocated to the Hawkes Bay
• Yummy brand began in 1974 - idea was to differentiate their fruit from other growers fruit
• First grower to individually label fruit in NZ
• 1998 school sticker project began - children collect fruit stickers that are then swapped for school sports gear
• Big company focus on sustainability

Yummy Fruit Company Clip

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Spring Sheep

• Spring Sheep source their milk from thousands of dairy sheep in an area from Cambridge to Taupō
• Milk spray dried to make Infant Formula range, Everyday Nutrition powders, and Chewable Tablets.
• Sheep’s milk is one of the most nutritious milks available
• Helpful for people with allergies and stomach or digestion intolerances
• Contains up to 60% more protein and calcium when compared to goat and cow milk

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Spring Sheep Clip

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Kiwi Saffron

• Family business located near Te Anau
• Pioneers of the organic saffron industry in New Zealand
• Firm has been growing saffron commercially for over 20 years
• Saffron is the oldest spice in the world
• It is used as a colouring and flavoring agent in many foods
• Flavor cannot be copied - very expensive $46/g

Kiwi Saffron Clip

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Blue Frog - Cereal

• Founded on the simple premise that if something is good for you it should taste good, and if it tastes good it should be good for you

- Blue Frog Breakfasts are a blend of carefully sourced,

all natural ingredients

- Ingredients include hemp,Dragon Fruit, marine collagen,

kumara and maple syrup

Blue Frog Cereal Clip

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Blue Frog Cereal Products

Red Stag Timber

• Independent, privately owned timber company, based in Rotorua
• established in 2003
• Currently producing over 550,000m³ of Radiata Pine and Douglas-fir lumber per annum
• annual turnover of over NZ $220 million
• Red Stag Timber employs 300 staff
• products are sold in New Zealand,Australia, the Pacific Islands, Asia, Africa, Europe and North America.

Red Stag Timber Video

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Over the Moon Dairy

• Founded in 2007
• Make New Zealand’s widest range of specialty cheeses from four different type of milk
• Factory based in Putaruru, shop in Cambridge
• Every single cheese is handcrafted
• Winner of multiple awards

Over the Moon Dairy - Clip

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Agrisea

• Business started in 1996
• Family owned and operated sustainable seaweed products
• Produce liquid seaweed concentrates for soil, foliar/pasture and animal health
• AgriSea is used across a vast range of horticulture and agriculture sectors

Agrisea Clip

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Taupo Beef

• In 2000, farmers in the catchment area around Lake Taupo were told there was to be a nitrogen cap placed on their farms - effectively limiting stock numbers
• The Bartons decided to instead to brand their beef “Taupo Beef” and see if consumers would be prepared to buy a premium product grown locally while protecting the lake
• Beef was sold to restaurants that ensured it was the most expensive beef item on the menu - story on menu and wait staff briefed

Taupo Beef Video

Video 2017

Comvita

• Business started in 1974
• Originally supplied honey but now diversified into bee pollen and jelly, olive extracts, health and food products
• Strong branding around sustainability - natural and organic
• Listed on the NZ Stock Exchange
• In 2019 posted a $6 m after tax loss - large scale planting undertaken combined with a poor honey season

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Comvita Clips

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Comvita Clip

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Good George Brewing

• Believe ‘Good George was the best thing to come out of Hamilton’
• Idea was to create own craft beer brand
• First venue opened in Frankton in 2011.
• More venues followed across the Waikato, Bay of Plenty and now Auckland
• Beer and cider available at supermarkets

Good George Clips

2018 Video

Good George Clips

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Good George Photos

Scion

• Is a New Zealand Crown Research Institute
• Specialises in research, science and technology development for the forestry, wood product, wood-derived materials, and other biomaterial sectors
• 280 staff based in Rotorua - back of Redwoods
• Focus on innovation and growth
• Vision - Prosperity from trees. Mai i te ngahere oranga

Scion Bioplastics

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Scion Clip - creating prosperity from trees

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Southern Paprika

• Southern Paprika Limited (SPL) was formed in 1998
• Initially a 2.5 ha glasshouse outside Warkworth
• Name origins : Southern hemisphere, and in the northern hemisphere capsicums are known as Paprika
• Now supply capsciums to Australia, Japan, Canada and NZ
• Now New Zealand's largest single site glasshouse grower of capsicums - 1 million capsicum plants each producing around 40 capsicums per plant per season

Southern Paprika Clip

Countdown

Southern Paprika - Rural Delivery Clip

2017

NZ King Salmon

• Business established 30 years ago in Marlborough
• Brands include :

Ora King - for restaurants

Regal and Southern Ocean - supermarkets

Omega Plus - pet food

Big Catch Burley - for fishing

• Includes 8 sea farms (Marlborough Sounds), 3 hatcheries (Golden Bay and Canterbury), and an aquaculture office in Picton.

NZ King Salmon

Video - Adding value

NZ King Salmon Photos

Kaipara Lamb

• Business supplies premium spring lamb to Countdown under the Kaipara Lamb brand
• Kaipara Lamb is supplied by a select group of farmers in the Kaipara region - Helensville
• Close proximity to Auckland means lamb can be on farm in morning, killed and processed that same day

Kaipara Lamb Clips

Richard and Diane Kidd

Kaipara Lamb Photos

PlentyFlora Gerberas

• Business established in 2002 in Rotorua
• First flowers sold on side of the road
• Now growing up to 80 different Gerbera varieties in a 2500 square meter glasshouse
• PlentyFlora deliver their gerbera cut flowers nationwide, all year round

PlentyFlora Gerberas Clip

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Limestone Hills Truffles

• Limestone Hills is the only truffière (truffle plantation) in New Zealand successfully growing four prime species of truffle
• Planted 200 seedling oaks and hazels infected with the Périgord black truffle in 1997
• Harvested first black truffles in 2006 - retails at @$300/100g

Limestone Hills Truffles Clip

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T&G Global

• Original company established in 1897
• Global team of growers, marketers and distributors
• 2016 revenue was $872 million

- T&G Global aims to earn revenue of $2 billion by 2022

- Brands include Jazz and Envy Apples

and Lotatoes – potato with 40% less

carbohydrates.

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T&G Global Clip

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T&G Global Graduate Programme

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NZ Hops

• Nelson-based grower co-operative
• Hops have been grown in the region for over 150 years
• Hops used in craft beer brewing
• the co-op exports 80% of its harvest to over 40 countries
• 2019 total hop production was 1,045,598 kgs an increase of 323,639 kgs or 30 %

NZ Hops Clip

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Peckhams Cider

• Business started in 2004 with some cider apple trees
• Now have over 30 different apple varieties
• Based in Moutere
• Apples are handpicked
• Cider is made from 100% fresh apple juice
• Cider sold in both bottles and cans with distinctive art labels

Peckhams Cider Clip

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Peckham’s Cider Products

Texas Fibre

• Auckland-based wool tech firm
• specialises in developing materials using the natural properties found in home-grown wool
• First product : particle filters for medical and other health markets
• China a key market : people there are anxious about the health risks of air pollution. High demand for personal respirators and filters for homes and offices.

Texas Fibre Clip

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Thomson Whiskey

• Firm making craft whisky for the modern enthusiast. Artisan. Premium.
• One of only a few commercial distilleries in New Zealand
• Wanted to give New Zealanders a whisky they could be proud of
• Just three ingredients form the basis of the whisky: distilled quality malted barley, pure water, yeast

Thomson Whiskey Clip

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Thomson Whiskey Photos

Barton Honey

• Business based in Taranaki
• Decided to have a business that covered the entire process from the hive to the honey jar
• Built an extraction plant in Taranaki
• Plant can process around 200 boxes a shift or 150 tonnes of honey in 10 weeks
• The honey is marketed as “Naki New Zealand Manuka Honey”

Barton Honey Clip

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The Hemp Farm

• Waikato business
• Focus on growing and harvesting of industrial hemp for both oil and fibre
• large variety of foods that can be made from the seeds
• The leaves and stalks have been used to produce a range of products from medicine to construction material

The Hemp Farm Clip

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Kiwigarden

• Hastings-based producer of natural and healthy freeze-dried snacks for kids
• Owners are Taine and Jo Randell - Taine former All Black
• Snacks include : fruit slices and fruit yoghurt drops
• Sources local fresh food for its products, 85% of which are exported

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Kiwigarden Clip

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Kiwigarden Products

NZ Lavender

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• New Zealand’s largest commercial lavender farm
• Produces top quality lavender essential oil
• Exported to 18 countries
• Oil is used for shampoo, facial creams, toothpaste, fragrances, sleep support, baby care and for stress management
• Business involves 110,000 plants grown over 30 acres
• Produces 100 tonnes of flowers, from which 1 tonne of oil is extracted each year

NZ Lavender clip

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NZ Lavender Photos

The Olive Press

• Company based in the Wairarapa
• Olive Press is owned by local shareholders and growers
• Accepts fruit from anywhere in NZ
• Pressing olives since 2001 using a large centrifugal olive press imported from Florence, Italy
• press is capable of processing 1,500 kilos of olives per hour and produces the highest quality extra virgin olive oil

The Olive Press Clip

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Soggy Bottom Holdings

• Business raising heritage breeds of cattle, sheep and pigs and turning them into processed meat products
• Sold at Farmers Markets in the Waikato
• In 2003 owners emigrated from Scotland and bought 60 acres in North Waikato
• Land suited for smaller heritage breeds - slower growing so less environmental impacts
• Aim to sell meat with an identifiable origin, produced from stock that have been raised in a free-range system

Soggy Bottom Clip

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Soggy Bottom Pork Photos

Cable Bay Farm Walkway

• Opened in 1982
• Among the first private landowners to create a formal public walkway across their family farm
• Walkway is in the midst of a landscape full of visual, ecological, geological and historical treasures
• Great example of agri-tourism

Cable Bay Farm Walkway Clip

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Cloudy Bay Clams

• Clams harvested in Cloudy Bay in Marlborough and off Pegasus Beach in Canterbury
• Surf clams are a native shellfish to NZ
• Found in the surf zone, up to 10ms under the sea bed
• Shellfish are exported blanched (both chilled and frozen) and live, still within their shells to maximise their flavour and freshness

Cloudy Bay Clams Clip

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Cloudy Bay Clams Products

Green Meadows Beef

• Family owned and operated business in Taranaki
• Business started in 2013
• The stock are grass fed and free range
• Supplies a steady stream of online, supermarket and wholesale orders
• Social media has been critical in Green Meadows Beef’s business plan - allows the family to share their farming and food philosophy with customers

Green Meadows Beef Clip

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Green Meadows Beef Photos

Agrodome - Rotorua

• Sited just north of Rotorua
• Farm covers 350 acres
• Agritourism venture runs farm tours
• Tourists get to hand feed animals and watch shows involving sheep dogs and sheep shearing
• The farm theme park, majority-owned by Christchurch-based Ngāi Tahu Tourism, was founded in 1971.

Agrodome Clip

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Agrodome Photos

Huka Prawn Park

• New Zealand’s only prawn farm
• Located north of Taupo near Huka Falls
• Farm the Giant Malaysian Prawn species; selected for its fast growth rates and resistance to disease
• Park has 11 prawn production ponds and four dedicated prawn fishing ponds that remain between 27C and 31C
• Supplies a sustainable and eco-friendly 7.8 metric tons per year of prawn
• Agritourism venture

Huka Prawn Park Clip

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Huka Prawn Park

Garlico

• Based in Marlborough, growing up to 60ha of garlic, shallots and onions for seed every year on leased land around Blenheim
• Garlic and shallots for domestic sale and onion seed grown under contract for export

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Garlico Clip

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Heartland Potato Chips

• A South Island potato farmer is producing his own potato chips, in his own factory, from his own potatoes
• Business was formed when Bluebird decided to close down its Washdyke factory near Timaru in 2009
• One of the challenges they faced was to create a point of difference
• Chips are 100 % local, gluten free, and do not contain any palm oil

Heartland Potato Chips Clip

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Heartland Potato Chips

Puhoi Valley Cheese

• Business based in Puhoi - north of Auckland
• In 1983 a small manufacturing plant was built to convert goats’ milk into ice cream powder and camembert
• Diversified into cheeses made from cow’s milk
• Cheeses now include camembert, brie, feta, blue and other European products such as ricotta, crème fraiche and mascarpone
• Company employs more than 80 people some of whom are descendants of the original settlers to the Puhoi area

Puhoi Valley Cheese Clip

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Puhoi Valley Cheeses

Delta Kumara

• Business located in Dargaville (the kumara capital of NZ)
• Delta Kumara is New Zealand’s largest kumara producer
• Firm is made up of 22 kumara growers who supply the kumara
• 95% of Delta kumara is grown within 15 kilometres of the packhouse in Dargaville
• Diet trends, like the Paleo diet (also known as the caveman diet), made kumara a fashionable food
• Fresh kumara cannot be imported to NZ as it is a biosecurity risk

Delta Kumara Clip

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Coastal Spring Lamb

• Firm has 12 farmer suppliers for the domestic market and eight suppliers for export
• Gone from a single farming operation to a multi million dollar company
• Farmers produce 30,000 lambs for the New Zealand Coastal Spring Lamb market and an additional 60,000 lambs for export
• Exports go to Vietnam, United Arab Emirates, Belgium, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau and China
• Is available domestically at some supermarkets

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Coastal Spring Lamb Clip

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Coastal Spring Lamb Product

Barnes Wild Bluff Oysters

• Founded in 1958
• Purpose built factory supplies the country with top quality oysters seasonally
• Licensed to export to Australia and China
• 60 percent of the total Bluff Oyster fishery quota is owned by Barnes
• In NZ. these oysters are available at restaurants, supermarkets, delis and takeaway stores

Barnes Wild Bluff Oysters Clip

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New World Meet our Growers - Barnes Oysters

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Barnes Bluff Oysters - Product

Synlait Milk

• Publicly listed Milk Company - can buy shares on NZX
• Business began in 2000
• Aiming to build new factory at Pokeno
• Revenue for 2019 was $1.02 billion
• 900 staff
• Also owns Dairyworks - sliced cheese in supermarkets
• Main product is infant formula
• New product ‘sleepy milk’ or dark milk - high melatonin

Synlait Milk Clip

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Synlait Products

Synlait Milk Clip

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Dog Point Vineyard

• biggest organic vineyard in New Zealand
• sited west of Blenheim
• 10-metre buffer zone between vineyard and neighbours
• fruit is hand-picked
• Native and exotic trees also planted along with extensive gardens
• Vineyard also runs a luxury accomodation buisness

Dog Point Vineyard Clip

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Patrick’s Pies

• Owner Patrick Lam came to NZ with his parents as a refugee from Cambodia
• Bakery started in Tauranga
• In 2019 sold up to 125 pies an hour
• Has won NZ best pie competition for a record 7 times
• Normally sell between 400-500 pies a day - this can double after winning award

Patrick’s Pies Clip

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Pinoli Pine Nuts

• Marlborough based company that produces pine nuts for local and export markets
• Grow a Mediterranean variety of pine tree that yields the nuts
• high sunshine hours in Marlborough make an ideal environment for pinenuts
• Pine nuts contain 10-34% protein
• Pinoli pine nuts sell for about $100 to $120 a kilo

Pinoli Pine Nuts Clip

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Meyer Cheese

• Business started when a couple from the Netherlands emigrated to NZ in 1984
• Bought a farm in the Waikato and used milk to making cheese
• Family business that has won many awards
• Sell a variety of cheeses including ones made from sheep and goats milk

Meyer Cheese Clip

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Dominion Salt

• Company started in 1949
• Use solar energy to make salt crystals at Lake Grassmere
• Lake Grassmere chosen for its large areas of flat land, high sunshine hours and the dry nor westerly winds which suit the solar evaporation process for salt making
• Some 60,000 – 70,000 tonnes of salt are harvested from Lake Grassmere each year
• Hong Kong-based biotechnology and pharmaceuticals company bought company in 2018

Dominion Salt clip

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Turks Poultry

• Family based business founded in 1966 in Horowhenua
• Grow “tender, juicy corn-fed and free range chicken with a rich, buttery flavour”
• Good sustainable business that uses hybrid trucks and recyclable packaging
• Chicken processed at its Kosher and Halal-compliant Foxton premises
• 6 million chicken processed each year - $50m turnover

Turks Poultry Clip

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Turks Poultry Products

Blueberry Country

• NZ’s largest blueberry orchard
• 3 Locations, Ngatea, Ohaupo and Otautau
• Grow, Harvest, Process and Pack blueberries
• Cafe and PYO options
• In 2000 owners developed a blueberry grader - it sort and pack blueberries, cherries and other small fruits by colour, softness and defect
• Blueberry grader part of the company sold in 2018 for $66.9 million - new owner Norway-based TOMRA Foods

Blueberry Country Clip

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Rockit Apples

• Rockit™ apples are a deliciously sweet, miniature sized nutritious apple - first miniature apple globally
• cross between a gala and a gala splendor cultivar and were created as the world's first snack-sized apple
• Have 65% more potassium, 19% more energy and 10% more fibre than the average apple
• Great size for kid’s lunch boxes
• Marketed as ‘the ultimate guilt-free snack”
• Packaging is 100 % biodegradable & recyclable

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Rockit Apples Clip

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Rockit Apples

Olivers Kiwiberries

• Bred and released in New Zealand in 2004
• Is a smooth, small hairless berry (5 to 20g) with edible skins, with shapes varying from round to elongated
• Great miniature option for lunch boxes and platters
• Total worldwide commercial plantings are thought to be under 200ha
• Carefully controlled to avoid overproduction
• 70-80% exported to Asia, USA, Australia and Europe

Olivers Kiwiberries

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Kiwiberry advertisement - Thailand

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The Fresh Grower

• Family-owned and operated business in South Auckland
• Supplies niche or exotic products like baby cos lettuce, fancy lettuce and baby spinach, and makes them readily accessible to everyday people
• Supplier to My Food Bag
• Business run over 500 acres in Pukekohe
• Each week around 100,000 plants are sown at the farm

The Fresh Grower Clip

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The Fresh Grower Products

Schnapp Dragon Tequila

• A boutique brewer of kiwi tequila
• Idea started in the 1980s in Takaka
• Brew, mash and then distill pure blue agave spirit which is now tequila
• Original agave seeds bought of a Frenchman as Mexico loath to share their varieties
• Tequila name is name is banned outside Mexico - instead sold as TeKiwi

Schnapp Dragon Tequila

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Herd Homes

• A HerdHomes® Shelter is a covered area in which animals can relax, be fed, and lie down in comfort - all with a built-in and sustainable effluent system
• Very sustainable with benefits including : increased animal welfare, reduced environmental impacts, increased milk production and a reduction in fertiliser costs
• Herd Homes have been constructed on more than 300 farms across New Zealand

Herd Homes Clip

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Herd Homes Photos

Biofarm Yoghurt

• Award winning organic yoghurt business in Manawatu
• One of the first farms certified organic in New Zealand
• Milks 100 – 120 dairy cows all year round for a daily quota of 2,000 litres
• The yoghurts are 'pouring yoghurt' best suited to breakfast cereal, smoothies and a cream replacer with desserts
• Range includes BioFarm Acidophilus Yoghurt, Low Fat Yoghurt, Bush Honey Yoghurt, Wild Apple Yoghurt

Biofarm Yoghurt Clips

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New Zealand Cherry Corp

• Leader in NZ industry selling top premium quality cherries
• Largest netted cherry orchard in NZ
• Growing, picking and exporting cherries since 2005
• Totally integrated business from the field to the marketplace
• Focus was placed on cool-chain, minimum fruit handling and rapid passage through the picking and packing process so that export to customers happened in the shortest possible time

top premium quality cherries

top premium quality cherries

New Zealand Cherry Corp

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Dung Beetle Innovations

New Zealand Greenshell Mussels

Jake Bartrom is a proud second generation Kiwi marine farmer. He has grown up around the aquaculture industry and knows what goes into producing the world's best seafood - and the tremendous opportunity it offers New Zealand to generate export earnings and create green, Kiwi jobs.

Quality Mushrooms

Located in Ohaupo in the heart of the Waikato, the team at Quality Mushrooms has been growing top quality mushrooms for thirty years. Although our family owned and operated farm has expanded and developed over that time, our focus on quality, sustainability and innovation remains the same as it’s always been.

Deer Industry New Zealand

New Zealand deer products are taking a leap to a new dimension with the roll out of a new way of telling the deer farming story. Nature’s Superpower™ has been developed by DINZ to help the sector tell a consistent story about New Zealand’s venison and velvet products.

Kaitaia Fire

Kaitaia Fire Ltd. was established in 1989 on an organic 5-acre farm at Lake Ohia in New Zealand’s Winterless Far North. From those humble beginnings, they now export sauce all around the world, and produce a range of organic “hot” products for the domestic market. Their sauces have won many food awards in both New Zealand, and the United States. Chili peppers, Capsicum frutescens is the main ingredient. When these chilies are at the height of their maturity and the red colour is at its most intense, they are plucked off the knee-high bushes and brought in for sorting and washing. After being finely milled and mixed with organic sea salt, the chilies are sealed in barrels with air locks to undergo a quasi-fermentation process over the next few years. This process effectively removes all the sugars in the fruit, and releases the volatile oils locked up in the pepper’s cell walls. When the resulting mash has reached its optimum level of maturity, it is transported to the city of Auckland, mixed to an ancient Mayan recipe, and bottled. This is pure Kaitaia Fire.

Video at https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1602167250230193

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Waikato Milking Systems

Born over 50 years ago in New Zealand’s dairy heartland, Waikato Milking Systems’ pioneering spirit has earned an international reputation for innovation and excellence in dairying, animal welfare, food production and environmental sustainability.

At their state-of-the-art global headquarters, they design and manufacture dairy technology that enables farmers around the world to grow the value of their dairy - by running more productive, cost-efficient and profitable operations. Waikato Milking Systems stand behind their solutions, and all around the world, farmers know they can rely on our products and systems to perform and last the distance.

Video at https://youtu.be/6TAw_0ybWsw

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