We’re based in Ruatahuna, Te Manawa-o-Te-Ika, The Heart of Māui’s Fish, which was pulled up by our ancestor Māui eons ago, and is now the North Island of New Zealand. A special place that produces special honeys. Manawa Honey NZ was founded by the Tuhoe Tuawhenua Trust which aims to sustainably manage the land and resources of our region for the benefit of current and future generations. We initia
ted our honey business to sustain our people with jobs and good health, and to keep bees for what they do for our place and this planet. We started keeping bees in 2011 and have slowly built our business over these years focusing on developing our people in the jobs that we have created in our integrated operation from ‘land to brand’, from beekeeping to marketing. Meaningful jobs in a business big enough to give our people real careers. We specialise in producing exquisite wild forest honeys from the vast pristine forests of Te Urewera – homeland of our tribe Tūhoe. Our varietals are: magical Mānuka, top-tasting Rewarewa, and rare Tāwari. Then there’s our unique Pua-ā-Tāne - bounty of the god of the forest. Our honeys are collected from remote parts of untouched indigenous rainforest that surrounds us. Our location and forest is the perfect home for keeping bees and producing 100% pure and natural honey. Our honeys are of the finest quality and are now proven award winners. Our Rewarewa Honey gained the Grand First Prize in the 10th Black Jar International Honey Tasting Contest in 2021 so is now deemed the “Best Tasting Honey in the World!” Our Tāwari and Pua-ā-Tāne Honeys made the final 30 of the hundreds of entries from across the world in this contest. Our Mānuka Honey and Tāwari Honey won Gold medals in the 2021 NZ Outstanding Food Producers Awards. So we comfortably claim our honeys are simply the best in taste and purity, and brimming with health-giving properties. Our honey varietals, especially Mānuka and Rewarewa, are also renowned for their properties – antibiotic, anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory. A bonanza of health benefits for our customers. Our product range puts our honey varietals into 500g, 250g and 110g jars, gift-packs and large pails. We also offer the PUHI Skincare range - Mānuka Honey and Oil based soap and balm, with healing and anti-ageing benefits for the skin. For honey–lovers in New Zealand and across the globe.
