Miraka is about to launch two new value-added products, one aimed at the international market, in particular China, and the other for the domestic market.
An incentive scheme to get suppliers to the Taupo based Miraka dairy company to produce better quality milk and adopt best practice systems is producing stunning results.
Miraka and Storiiu, a Malaysian distributor have signed a memorandum of understanding in Kuala Lumpur, witnessed by Maori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell during a visit to Malaysia with a delegation of seven Maori companies to raise the profile of new Zealand's food and beverage sector.
Miraka is a dairy company with a difference. It is the only one in the world that uses geo-thermal steam to power its plant. It also uses a worm farm to help get rid of waste. Richard Wyeth is the chief executive and he says Miraka has a real point of difference in the industry
Miraka in collaboration with AgResearch will receive $1m over the next three years for a research project to unlock the natural health benefits of milk that minimize allergies in children.
CEO of Miraka Richard Wyeth has welcomed the collaborative partnership with AgResearch and Plant & Food Research to develop a new family of shelf-stable and healthy whole-food-based beverages that will appeal to high-value segments of Asian markets and create significant new value for the New Zealand food industry.
Miraka Chairman Kingi Smiler has been awarded the Outstanding Maori Business Leader of the Year award. The awards, given by the Auckland University School of Business, have been run for 10 years and acknowledge outstanding Maori leaders in a variety of areas.
Hon Te Ururoa Flavell presented Miraka with the inaugural Māori Excellence in Export award He kai kei aku ringa tonight at the 2015 New Zealand International Business Awards in Auckland.
The BNZ Bay of Plenty Export Awards were held on Friday 27 June 2014 with Miraka Limited taking out the United Travel Business Emerging Exporter of the Year Award.
The Ambassador, Wang Lutong, who accompanied Prime Minister John Key on his recent visit to China was impressed by the Miraka operation and haka performed by staff.
The three finalists for the 2014 Ahuwhenua Trophy for excellence in Maori dairy farming will be announced at a function at Parliament this Wednesday 18 February.
It's not just CEO Richard Wyeth who has been rewarded for business acumen with a Prime Minister's Business Scholarship, Miraka Chairman Kingi Smiler has also been in the news...
News of the UHT milk product is sweeping the world. 90% of the milk consumed in Asia is UHT milk. It's no wonder the Māori dairy company, Miraka Ltd, in central North Island, is dipping their hand into the UHT pie to boost their revenue.
A project that aims to develop dairy wellness products as well as build Maori agribusiness capability is to receive government funding through the Primary Growth Partnership.
Maori-controlled, with a Vietnamese connection, one of the country's newest dairy companies does things a little bit differently from the big boys, discovers Jamie Gray.
Minister of Maori Affairs, Dr. Pita Sharples, has congratulated Miraka, a Maori owned milk processing company for entering into a Memorandum of Understanding with Shanghai Pengxin.
New Zealand's only Maori owned and controlled dairy company is signing a deal with Shanghai Pengxin on Tuesday to process milk from the former Crafar Farms into UHT products for export to China.
The owners of Miraka Ltd, an independently owned dairy company, are determined to capitalise on their first year of operation, which produced a profit.
Miraka, the Maori owned dairy processing plant near Taupo, will be operating at full capacity this season and it’s been having a major spring clean to gear up for change.
Wellington businessman Tim Gibson was appointed to the five person Miraka Board by the Maori Trustee following the retirement of the former Maori Trustee and Miraka board representative John Paki.
The performance of Maori farming has lifted as a direct result of the Ahuwhenua Trophy competition for excellence, says Kingi Smiler, chairman of the contest management committee.
On September 11, 2010, Viet Nam Dairy Products Joint-Stock Company (Vinamilk) was granted a certificate of foreign investment to invest in Miraka Limited in New Zealand.
A Maori-owned milk processing plant capable of churning through 1.1 millon litres of milk a day, creating 60 jobs, is planned for the central North Island.