Date Published: 2 Sep, 2020 Worried about Glyphosate in Your Honey? You’re not the only one! Recently the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) reported traces of this weed-killer have been found in New Zealand honey. If you love your honey you want to be sure it’s free of this weed-killer. So let’s look at what…
Date first published 18 Aug, 2020; revised 9 Sept, 2023 Bees produce honey through a 4-step process that is seemingly simple but amazing in the way that nature pieces it together to produce the ideal storable food for the hive. At Manawa Honey, it never ceases to amaze us how bees make honey. We’re totally…
Date Published: 30 Jun, 2020 Our Origins in the Mists and the Mountains of Te Urewera… It is at the time of midwinter that we are especially reminded of our origins as a people. We are often enveloped by the mist, and always surrounded by the mountains in the valley of Ruatāhuna in the heart…
Date Published: 10 Jun, 2020 At Manawa Honey, Tuhoe leaders of the past are an immense source of inspiration for us in times of the coronavirus. Te Whenuanui The First was one who, ‘in Tuhoe’s darkest hour’ after military invasion and subjugation, mobilised his people not just to survive, but also to build Te Whai-a-te-Motu,…
Date Published: 12 May, 2020 ‘Optimism is true moral courage’. So quipped Ernest Shackleton, explorer extraordinaire of the early 20th century. Is this what we must all heed in order to survive Covid-19 impacts? Shackleton is famed for remaining optimistic against momentous odds when stranded in his exploration of the Antarctic region that started out…
Date Published: 16 Apr, 2020 Absolutely delicious! Our Executive, Promotion & Production Marama made this beauty using our Tāwari honey and apples from her uncle’s orchard, it was a total hit. Ingredients Filling: • 3 good-sized apples, peeled, cored & sliced • 2 tbsp Manawa Tawari Honey • 2 tbsp water …
Date Published: 11 Mar, 2020 In the photo, Momi at left takes time out from her research to relax with the staff outside the Manawa Honey office, Karioi White (Production Assistant), Kaahui TeRire (Executive, Markets & Projects) and Marama Huiarangi (Production & Marketing Assistant). Mahalo nui i kou hele ‘ana mai e kipa iā Momi…