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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...