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Tītoki Hill Honey
[ Est. 1974, Maungakaramea ]

Three generations of honey from one hill.

Raw, cold-spun and jarred by hand twenty minutes south of Whangārei. Order online, or come up the hill on a Saturday.

Shop the honeyOur story

Grandad Ray put twelve hives on the hill in 1974. We still light his smoker every morning.

Ray was a dairy farmer who traded a heifer for his first hives. He sold honey from a table at the gate with an honesty box and a jam jar for change.

His daughter Jo runs the hives now, about 400 of them spread across neighbours' farms in Maungakaramea and Tangiteroria. She moves them by hand to follow the flowers.

Jo's daughter Ana started the online shop in 2019 so people who found us at the market could keep ordering. Every jar still gets a batch number written on the lid, by one of us.

The honey [8]

Shipped NZ-wide in two to four working days.
Most loved
Mānuka MGO 250+$54
500g jar
Kānuka$24
500g jar
Rewarewa$19
500g jar
Summer batch
Pōhutukawa, creamed$16
250g jar
Wildflower$26
1kg jar
Cut comb$38
400g frame piece
Gift box of three$62
Mānuka, Kānuka, Pōhutukawa
Beeswax wraps$22
Set of three, from our wax

Taste the flowers [5]

Each honey tastes of whatever was flowering when the bees made it. Here is how Jo tells them apart.

Flowers in late spring Mānuka

Dark, thick and a little bitter at the end. Our mānuka comes from the scrubby back paddocks where nothing else wants to grow.

Tastes likeCaramel, earth, a medicinal finish
Good onA spoon on its own, or in hot water and lemon

Three generations [3]

RayStarted it with twelve hives.1974
JoRuns the hives. Follows the flowers.2003
AnaChecks the frames. Packs your order.2019

From the hive to your table, nothing in between.

[ 01 ]Frames come off in late summerOnly the capped frames, so the bees keep plenty for winter.
[ 02 ]Spun cold, never heatedStraight from the extractor through a coarse sieve. That is all.
[ 03 ]Jarred and numbered by handYour lid tells you the batch, the hill and who packed it.

Kind words [3]

Sample reviews for a fictional business
"Found them at the Saturday market, now I order the kānuka every month. Ana writes a little note on the lid."
"Drove up the hill for the farm gate and Jo let the kids watch the extractor. The best Saturday we've had."
"Sent the gift box to family in Auckland. Arrived in two days, wrapped beautifully."

Come up the hill. Twenty minutes south of Whangārei.

Farm gate shopSaturdays, 9am to 1pm
Growers' market in townSaturday mornings
Online ordersPacked Monday and Thursday