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Maui Milk Wrapped 2022

Though another year of Covid disruptions has been felt in our business this year, we continue to forge forward in our key markets abroad, proud to be representing the New Zealand dairy industry with our nutritious, natural sheep milk powder and products....

Maui Milk takes new sheep milk product range to Vitafoods Asia

We believe that sheep milk is the next big thing in mainstream health, and we invite you to try it for yourself at Vitafoods Asia 5 - 7 Oct 2022 - QSNCC Bangkok, Thailand! Maui Milk Limited is a New Zealand based dairy company, with 14 supply farms in the Waikato region. Our milk powder and products are made from 100% pure NZ sheep milk from grass fed and free range sheep that live outdoors all year round. Our team members are based in Auckland, Hamilton and Waihaha (near Taupo) and togethe...

Maui Food Group welcomes Roxane, an intern from France

Roxane has joined us for six weeks on her international internship placement and will spend her time working with the Maui Milk and Southern Cross Dairy Sheep teams....

Meet the McLocklan’s…Our farm managers with quite possibly the best office in the world

12 months ago, Scotty and Ash McLocklan sold up their herd of cows in the South Island, returning to the North Island to embark on a new challenge. This would see them joining Maui Milk’s genetics side of the business, running the company’s sheep dairy farm located on the edge of Lake Taupo, the largest volcanic lake in New Zealand....

London accountant turns sheep dairy farmer in Tahuna, central NZ

10 years ago, Claire and Malcolm Edward gave up city life in London to return to the rolling green hills of their hometown in the central North Island of New Zealand—population around 1500. ...

Farming families: Introducing the Whites

As the milking season in New Zealand starts to wind down, we caught up with Brad White and his family in Otorohanga to find out how they’re doing after a couple years in the sheep dairy industry. ...

Maui's sheep milk on the global stage

After two international tradeshows, Maui Milk’s CEO Leah Davey says the company has gained an even deeper understanding of consumer needs, and behavioral trends. ...

Maui Milk to exhibit at international trade shows in March 2022

New Zealand sheep milk powder and products supplier is heading to Japan & USA. With the welcomed border opening announcement from the NZ Government, The Maui Milk team is busy gearing up for a number of international trade shows this year. Infact, they're kicking off with two shows just this March!...

Maui Milk & Southern Cross wrap up 2021

As we reflect on what has been a tough year for many of us with the pandemic continuing, we’re very grateful for our supportive and dedicated team here at Maui Milk and Southern Cross Dairy Sheep in New Zealand.  Through perseverance and determination, we’ve been able to achieve a lot and set the business up for its anticipated growth....

Producing world-class sheep milk

Nestled on the shores of Lake Taupo about an hour from Taupo township, lies a picture-perfect farm called Waikino Station. Maui Milk has been farming dairy sheep here since 2015 and this is where we also manage our beloved, and unique herd of Southern Cross™ dairy sheep.  The Southern Cross™ is a breed incorporating the world’s leading dairy genetics, and has produced ewes that are optimised for sheep milk supply in New Zealand conditions....

NZ sheep milk—a major export earner with more international markets on the horizon

At Maui Milk we are diversifying our offering from ingredient supply to a sheep milk product range. ...

Maui Milk positions for growth

Maui Milk is experiencing rapid growth which has led to a shareholding change, structural change and resource injection to equip the business for expansion. Maui Milk Ltd is currently supplied by 13 farms, and since its formation six years ago, has been jointly owned by Shanghai-based Super Organic Dairy and Māori farming trust, Waituhi Kuratau (WKT). Moving into a growth phase, beyond the scope of WKT’s ability to fund, Super Organic Dairy has purchased WKT’s shares and combined all elemen...

Dairy family branches out into sheep milk on the back of ‘impressive’ numbers

A Waikato family is among a handful taking the leap into a new dairy industry that could generate $250 million in export products by 2024. Brothers Brad and Kieran White quit their corporate jobs after successfully pitching a new business idea to their parents, Paul and Dianne, to start a dairy sheep milking operation.“We were looking for a succession plan, to get the boys into the dairy industry,” Paul White said....

Independent report cites exciting future for NZ Sheep Dairy

The report was undertaken by New Zealand Food Innovation South Island (Food South) with funding from the Provincial Growth Fund to highlight the opportunity for sheep milk in New Zealand. In summary, “mounting interest in non-bovine milks globally provides an opportunity for New Zealand to expand its dairy sheep sector and leverage its strengths as a producer of high quality dairy products”.  The report goes on to suggest that “under the current model, expanding the industry through t...

Allan Browne puts first drop of sheep milk in the Vat

Maui Milk’s first supply farmer Allan Browne from Astra Farms put his first milk in the vat this week, check out this article about Allan and family feeling pretty chuffed with their first official tanker pick up docket! Allan later said after three weeks of milking that ‘this industry is going to be a massive success’. Read more about his experienceRead More >>...

Maui Milk welcomes Jon Sherlock to the team as GM Farming

For the last 8 years Jon has been running a 1100ha sheep & beef farming business in the North Waikato – 3500 breeding ewes, 300 heifers and 600 bulls. His home farm has been in the family for 3 generations.Jon studied Ag Science at Massey and trained as an agriculture consultant in the late 1990’s and is currently a Farmer Councillor on the Mid-Northern Beef & Lamb Farmer Council. Before coming back to the home farm he owned and ran a livestock market information service called iFarm before ...

Maui Milk welcomes Tom Woutersen, Business Manager – Operations

Maui Milk are excited to be able to welcome Tom Woutersen to the team in the role of Business Manager – Operations. Tom joins us most recently from an Agri start up, Halter and has previous experience working in finance in NZ and in the UK....

Leah Davey appointed CEO of Maui Milk

Maui Milk is pleased to announce the appointment of Leah Davey to the role of CEO. Leah joins Maui Milk in New Zealand from DSM Nutritional Products where she has held the role of General Manager – Human Nutrition & Health, Oceania for the past 3 years. Prior to DSM, Leah held senior roles with Ixom Chemicals.Leah holds a BTech honours degree in food technology and attended Stanford University in 2018 by being selected for the NZ Prime Minister’s scholarship.Chairman Paul McGilvary welcomed ...

Expanding sheep milk industry prompts new spray dryer at Waikato Innovation Park

"The existing five-year-old spray dryer at Waikato Innovation Park in Hamilton, NZ is operating at capacity and the projected growth of the sheep milk industry in New Zealand made building a new dryer a necessity," says Waikato Innovation Park chief executive Stuart Gordon.He said the new dryer would be on line by June 2019....

New farm for sheep milking a base for industry growth

Sheep milking is an industry that is gathering momentum in the upper North Island and with the purchase of the Waikino Station farm on the shores of Lake Taupo, Maui Milk wants to build a providence story based around animal welfare and outdoor farming systems.Read the article here >>...

Maui Milk develop world first in sheep milking genetics

A new crossbred sheep being developed for the ovine milking industry by Maui Milk is thought to be a world first for sheep genetics.The Southern Cross hybrid is a hardy dairy ewe suitable for New Zealand's conditions, it is a mix of east friesian, awassi and lacaune - all prominent Northern Hemisphere sheep milking breeds - and is built off a coopworth base.Maui Milk general manager Peter Gatley said the breed would provide hybrid vigour and, over time, would hopefully become...