CPAARCBKOANGZINEGRO F EMAATNUURFEACTURING
ARATAKI
HONEY
MAKING A MANUFACTURING BEELI N E F O R
NATIONAL CARBON NEUTRALI T Y
Going green isn’t anything
new for New Zealand’s
supplier of the number
one selling honey brand.
The family-owned
business is turning 75 this year and
employs over 100 staff in Havelock
North and Rotorua with exports to
China, USA, Japan, Singapore, Australia
and Hong Kong.
Arataki Honey’s Rotorua operation
has used geo-thermal to power its
processing since the early 1960’s, but
on turning three-quarters of century
old it has re-evaluating its operation,
gone back to basics somewhat, and
increased factory efficiency in a drive to
reduce its carbon footprint.
The family-owned business has
launched a 1kg cardboard honey pot
of its top selling Clover Blend Honey
along with investing in solar power at
its Havelock North production site in
Hawke’s Bay.
Arataki’s Rhys Flack says everyone
can play a part in working towards
a goal of national carbon neutrality.
“We are constantly looking for ways
we can contribute to environmental
sustainability. The solar power project
and the cardboard pack are two
significant steps in our journey.”
On supermarket shelves now, Arataki’s
new cardboard 1kg pot is a step back
in time, to when honey was sold in tins
or wax-coated cardboard pots. Nearly
forty years on and cardboard is back
and looks smarter than ever in the new
blue striped Clover Blend 1kg pack.
Producing the new pot has required
some capital investment in plant and is
currently much slower to pack. Arataki
“ARATAKI HONEY HAS MORE
T H A N 1 . 5 B I L LION HONEY BEES
W I T H A R A T A K I H I VE S B A S E D
IN HAWKE’S B A Y , B A Y O F
PLE N T Y , SOUTHLAND AND THE
COROMANDEL”
10 SEPTEMBER 2019