Manawa Honey NZ - Manuka & Wild Forest Honey Production Specialist

Manawa Honey NZ - Manuka & Wild Forest Honey Production Specialist We produce world award-winning Mānuka, Rewarewa and other wild forest honeys from Te Urewera forest. Manawa means Heart. Manawa - Honey From The Heart…

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 initiated 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.

Our young people are our future... A while back, we were privileged to join the Dene First Nation of Lutsel'ke, NWT, Can...
09/12/2025

Our young people are our future... A while back, we were privileged to join the Dene First Nation of Lutsel'ke, NWT, Canada for a cultural exchange in their traditional world.

We were taken to an isolated camp for 10 days in the bare-lands of the far north to share traditional knowledge, stories, language, and form permanent connections between the our two peoples. A major purpose was to immerse our youth in customary learning.

Wow, what an experience to be a part of this journey—to learn that in other parts of the world, other Indigenous cultures are experiencing similar challenges. The struggle is real: bringing back our language, our culture, connecting people back to their whenua, living off the land.

Here's where you can watch the video that recorded this :
https://youtu.be/B_1S7E1Yl1M

🎁Ho ho ho 🎅🏾Christmas Gifts here at Manawa Honey 🎀This festival season,🎊 give the authentic taste of Aotearoa’s pristine...
06/12/2025

🎁Ho ho ho 🎅🏾Christmas Gifts here at Manawa Honey 🎀

This festival season,🎊 give the authentic taste of Aotearoa’s pristine wilderness. To help you get ahead, we’re offering a 20% discount on our entire Gift Category.☺️

Use code: MANAWAXMAS at checkout. 🎇

This offer is only up to end of Monday, 15 December 2025, so don't hesitate!

📭Please note that we offer worldwide shipping, (although it's too late to send for Christmas overseas) with free shipping on New Zealand orders over $75. 📬

To guarantee delivery within New Zealand before Christmas, please place your order by Monday, 15 December 2025. Any later will not arrive in time for Christmas.
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And the Winners Are...👀1. Paula Hudson🍯 2. Sylvia Parke;🍯 3. Malina Togo🍯. A big congratulations to our three winners, w...
30/11/2025

And the Winners Are...👀

1. Paula Hudson🍯
2. Sylvia Parke;🍯
3. Malina Togo🍯.

A big congratulations to our three winners, who were the first to correctly complete all steps of our !

The correct answer was New York.😁

Thank you to our entire community for your participation.💜 We will be reaching out to the winners privately to arrange for their prize.🍯

Stay tuned for more opportunities to win some honey.🤩

Say goodbye to boring breakfasts!🥣We've turned our favourite ingredients (including our Tāwari Honey)🍯 into the most del...
25/11/2025

Say goodbye to boring breakfasts!🥣

We've turned our favourite ingredients (including our Tāwari Honey)🍯 into the most delicious, crunchy, and golden Honey Toasted Muesli.😋

It's easier to make than you think and will make your kitchen smell amazing!😉

Whip up a batch for the week ahead. Link below in comments.👇

Follow the Honeymoon & Win Some Honey! While Jay P. and his wife are travelling the world on their honeymoon, we're brin...
21/11/2025

Follow the Honeymoon & Win Some Honey!

While Jay P. and his wife are travelling the world on their honeymoon, we're bringing a taste of Aotearoa to you!🍯

We're giving away ONE FREE jar of our delicious Rewarewa Honey to THREE lucky winners.🤩

Here's how to enter:

1. LIKE this post.
2. COMMENT below telling us how you discovered Manawa Honey.
3. SHARE this post to your story tag us.
4. DM us the answer to this question: What city is our Rewarewa Honey in? (Hint: check the photos!)

The first THREE people to complete all steps correctly will win! Enter now - winners will be announced next week Friday, 28th November 2025.

The latest from Brenda on tour in Canada: "Canada has a problem. They can't keep enough honey bees alive each year to do...
21/11/2025

The latest from Brenda on tour in Canada:
"Canada has a problem. They can't keep enough honey bees alive each year to do the pollination for their massive food production in this country. They import bees from New Zealand every year to makeup for this.

So I visit the Cape Breton University in Unama'ki to visit Alana Pindall, an expert in pollinators, especially native pollinators in her country and the knowledge that indigenous people here in Canada hold about these pollinators in their traditional food production systems.

We meet in the Great Hall where each flag represents students attending the university - it sure is multi-cultural.

Alana is especially interested in how indigenous bees and other pollinators can help solve Canada's problem. Why import honey bees when for certain crops, native bees do a perfect job. You just have to make sure you don't destroy their habitat.

It's really encouraging to see a scientist reaching out to indigenous people for their knowledge and winding this into policy advice for her government in Nova Scotia. It's all about food security that nations are seeking. It's all highly relevant for the international work that I'm doing on indigenous peoples for biodiversity and ecosystem services."

A taste of Ruatāhuna, now waiting for you in Auckland!😁 🐝Manawa Honey, straight from the heart of Ruatāhuna, is now on t...
18/11/2025

A taste of Ruatāhuna, now waiting for you in Auckland!😁 🐝

Manawa Honey, straight from the heart of Ruatāhuna, is now on the shelves at Woolworths Birkenhead.🤩

We're so proud to bring our award winning honeys to your neighborhood. It's never been easier for you to enjoy a taste of our home.💜

Stay Vigilant: Help Us Monitor for Yellow-Legged Hornets 🐝❗The team at Biosecurity New Zealand is currently focused on t...
14/11/2025

Stay Vigilant: Help Us Monitor for Yellow-Legged Hornets 🐝❗

The team at Biosecurity New Zealand is currently focused on the detection of Yellow-legged hornets in the Auckland area. While we believe they are not widespread outside of Auckland, we need your help to be sure.

The public is our best surveillance network! Please keep an eye out and report any suspected hornet or nest sightings.

If you see a hornet or a nest:

- Take a clear photo if it is safe to do so.
- Report it immediately online at: https://report.mpi.govt.nz/pest/ or call the pest and disease hotline: 0800 80 99 66.

Thinking of using a homemade trap?
We know there are DIY trap designs online. While these can attract hornets, they also catch many other insects. If you do use one, please:

- Use a simple bait mix of sugar, yeast, water, and a little beer.
- Monitor the trap closely.
- Familiarize yourself with common wasps first using our identification guide: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/70758-Look-out-for-hornets

If you catch a suspected hornet in a trap, please take a photo and report it using the link above.

Thank you for helping to protect New Zealand's biosecurity!

Congratulations To Our Three Winners!🥳1. Valerie Bishop-Tamaki;🍯 2. Haley-Jade Kati;🍯 3. Kiri Cameron🍯We are so grateful...
11/11/2025

Congratulations To Our Three Winners!🥳

1. Valerie Bishop-Tamaki;🍯
2. Haley-Jade Kati;🍯
3. Kiri Cameron🍯

We are so grateful to everyone who entered.💜 Your participation made this giveaway a success, and for that, our entire Manawa Honey team thanks you.😊

The Winners were the first three entrants to correctly complete all required steps:

1. Like our previous post
2. Follow our Manawa Page
3. Tag a friend in the comments
4. Answer the question correctly. (The answer was, indeed Paris)

We're doing another giveaway later this month for three more lucky honey lovers! Keep an eye 👀 out for the announcement for your next chance to win.😁

We'll be in touch with our winners directly to organize delivery.

How cool is this?😄Jay P and his wife chose our honey as their wedding gifts!🍯 They also sent beautiful photos of the pla...
04/11/2025

How cool is this?😄

Jay P and his wife chose our honey as their wedding gifts!🍯 They also sent beautiful photos of the places they visited while on their honeymoon.💜

To celebrate their love story and say thank you for including us in their special day, we're hosting a GIVEAWAY!

We're gifting THREE jars of 500g Rewarewa Honey to THREE lucky winners!🐝🎁 (one jar per winner).

Here's how to enter:
1. Like this post.
2. Make sure you're following our page. (existing followers, you're already in!✅)
3. Tag a friend in the comments.
4. Send us a private message with the answer to this question: What city is our Rewarewa Honey in? (Hint: check out the photos for the clue)

First three people to complete the above actions and has the right answer are the winners!!

Entries close soon! Winners will be announced on Friday, November 14th, 2025.

Good luck!💜

🌸The Spring Bloom: A Critical Time in the Hive🐝Across Te Urewera, a robust spring bloom is underway, promising we hope a...
31/10/2025

🌸The Spring Bloom: A Critical Time in the Hive🐝

Across Te Urewera, a robust spring bloom is underway, promising we hope another season of unique, world-renowned flavour profiles of our honeys.🍯

However, this spring is also one of significant challenge for our beekeepers. As our colonies expand and the queen lays more eggs, they consume stored honey at a high rate. Heavy spring rains have been confining our bees to their hives, forcing them to eat the honey stores and limiting their foraging to make new honey to feed the growing hive. If there is just too much time confined in the hive, the hive is at serious risk of starvation – they could deplete their stores without enough new nectar available.🌧

This is where the beekeeper’s role becomes vital.💜 Our team is constantly monitoring hive conditions and food stores, ensuring our bees are supported through these critical wet spring periods. It’s where the beekeeper’s skill becomes more of a craft.🐝

Our Puhi Mānuka Honey Balm is your go-to for soothing and healing your skin. Don't just take our word for it 👇One of our...
28/10/2025

Our Puhi Mānuka Honey Balm is your go-to for soothing and healing your skin. Don't just take our word for it 👇

One of our customers, Shelley White told us today:

"My elderly dad scalded his hand and this pani [balm] took away the pain and stopped it from blistering up. The redness went away after a day or two. Highly Recommend *****" 💞💕

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363a Mataatua Road
Ruatahuna
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Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

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Manuka and Forest Tree Honey Production Specialist

We produce manuka and other exquisite honeys in our homeland, Ruatahuna, a precious place located in the heart of Te Urewera. Our honeys are collected from our remote region 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. 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.