Arataki Honey is the number one beekeeping business in the Southern Hemisphere, with 20,000 hives across New Zealand.

From extraction and packing of fine New Zealand honey to pollination of the country’s valuable horticultural industries, Arataki Honey Ltd is committed to promoting good bee health and workplace enjoyment.

Established towards the end of the World War II, Arataki Honey is a family-owned business that has been managed by successive generations of the Berry family ever since.

Arataki Honey is now run through two divisions - our Rotorua Division at Waiotapu near Rotorua and the Hawke’s Bay Division in Havelock North.

Here in the Rotorua Division, our specialist areas include live bee exports, packages, queen bees, packing honey and providing pollination services to the valuable Bay of Plenty horticultural industry. 

The Hawke's Bay Division packs and brands honey and provides pollination
services to the Hawke’s Bay horticultural industry.