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Lincoln University and Taupō dairy company Miraka have jointly announced the signing of a ‘100-year’ Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The partnership, the first of its kind in New Zealand, will provide a real-world farming context to test innovative new farming practices.

Miraka has taken out the supreme award at the Ministry for Primary Industries Biosecurity Awards in Wellington on Monday.

Miraka - is delivering positive results that will project well into the future as the farming practices become enshrined in its culture - the way things are done.

GIA Industry Award Finalists
Fruit Fly Council – Fruit Fly Response 2019
Miraka – Te Ara Miraka: Achieving enhanced biosecurity awareness and culture change on-farm
Pea Weevil Response Group

The awards have been running for 18 years and recognise New Zealand businesses leading the way in sustainability. Miraka is a finalist in the Good Food category.

On Monday visiting dignitaries, including the Consul General of China, and the company’s top brass witnessed the factory’s one billionth Tetrapak of Ultra Heat Treated (UHT) milk come off the production line.

The goal of Māori-owned dairy company Miraka, near Taupo, is to become the most sustainable dairy company in the world.

It's a new record for central North Island dairy processor Miraka: the highest number of its farms gained a perfect score in its Te Ara Miraka Programme this year.