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About Us

Our Company
  • Our Purpose
  • Our Vision
  • Our Sustainability
  • Our Quality
  • Our Heritage
  • Our News
Our People
  • Our Team
  • Careers
Our Location
  • Our Farms
  • Contact Us
Nutritionals
  • Hydrolysates
  • Specialty Proteins
  • Microbial Nutrition
Flavours
  • Cheese Flavours
  • Butter Flavours
  • Cream & Milk Flavours
Ingredients
  • Caseinates
  • Whey Protein Concentrate (WPC)
  • Anhydrous Milk Fat (AMF)
Foods
  • Retail
  • Foodservice
  • Customised & Industrial
  • FAQs

Tatua Recipes

Recipes
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Dessert
  • Baking

Careers

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Our Company

Over 100 years of dairy innovation
and co-operative spirit is at the heart
of everything we do.

We add value through partnership and
collaboration, combining world class
dedication, with world leading
capability and technology.

Our Purpose

Our Purpose is in our Name

A tatua is a strong, durable, woven flax belt that was worn by a Maori chief or warrior to carry their most prized possessions and tools. For us it symbolises knowledge, skills, connectedness, strength and the protection of all that is good.

Traditionally handed down from one generation to the next, the tatua represents the protection and advancement of both current and future generations.

Photo credit: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Reg. No: ME013966.

Our Vision

Together we are building the
future of specialised dairy

From
NZ

Since 1914, we have been developing and producing dairy products at Tatuanui, in the heart of New Zealand's largest dairying region – the Waikato. Our mild climate, rich soils and consistent rainfall create a perfect environment for growing grass.

To the
world

Tatua is a globally recognised leader in the development and production of high quality, specialised dairy products.


Australia / New Zealand

23% of global revenue


Other Asia

13% of global revenue


Tatua Japan

Established 2004.
16% of global revenue


South East Asia

13% of global revenue


Tatua Shanghai

Established 2015.
18% of global revenue


Middle East & Africa

2% of global revenue


Tatua USA & Europe

Established 2015.
14% of global revenue


Latin America

1% of global revenue

Our Sustainability

Our ongoing commitment to sustainability focuses on the things we do every day to ensure value for future generations. We aim to produce nutritious ingredients and food products whilst ensuring that we care for our animals, our environment, our people and our communities.

Some of our recent sustainability projects include:

On site:
  • Wastewater treatment plant construction is in progress.
  • Ten recent projects have saved 31 million litres of water annually.
On farm:
  • All Tatua farms will have a farm environment plan by 2023.
  • Greenhouse gas emissions are estimated and reported for all Tatua farms.
  • All farms have a nutrient budget completed to model nutrient utilisation.
  • All waterway crossings are bridged or culverted.
  • Livestock are excluded from all waterways.

Tatua 360

Our comprehensive on farm responsible farming programme Tatua 360 ensures our farmers’ long-term commitment to responsible and sustainable farming practises for future generations of Tatua. 

Tatua 360 focusses on holistic, end-to-end practice, that is under continuous improvement year on year. It represents quality assurance and captures the idea of total, continuous, interconnected practice with our fully linked supply chain allowing for a direct line of sight from the farm to factory to customer. 

Core elements of the programme include environmental custodianship, animal care, farm systems, milk quality and central to the programme is the welfare, wellbeing and development of our people.  

To our global customers, Tatua 360 is an assurance of our continued focus on manufacturing consistent, safe, high quality ingredients and dairy foods.

Our Quality

Our leading-edge quality management and food safety systems ensure we produce high quality and safe products that meet the standards required by our global customers. Tatua consistently meets the highest audit requirements.

Our Quality Management Systems meet the requirements of:
  • New Zealand Animal Products and Food Act 1999
  • New Zealand Food Act 2014
  • ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems
  • FSSC 22000-Q Food Safety System Certification
  • Regular global customer audit requirements
Tatua registrations, certifications and approvals include:
  • New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) registered Risk Management Programme
  • NZ MPI registered Dairy Exporter
  • NZ MPI approved Food Control Plan
  • AsureQuality HACCP Certification for Animal Products
  • AsureQuality approved HACCP programme for Non-Animal Food Products
  • NZ Customs Service Approved Secure Export Scheme Partner
  • NZ MPI recognised Laboratory (ISO 17025)
  • European Union, China and Eurasian Economic Union Approved Manufacturing Premises

Our Heritage

1914

16 June: Seven directors sign memorandum of association to establish Tatua.

24 September: First ten suppliers deliver milk to the factory.

1915

Factory size triples - now 30 shareholders.

1918

First takeover offer made to buy Tatua.

1919

Advance payout to suppliers sets a NZ record.

1922

Electricity installed in the factory.

1926

Motor-trucks replace horse and cart to transport milk.

1930

NZ dairy co-operatives reach 400.

1948

New boiler and three roller dryers installed to dry milk powder.

1953

Milk collection by tankers begins.

1964

Edible casein plant opens.

1965

Coulter spray dryer installed.

1972

Tatua dries first whey protein.

1979

Dairy Whip aerosol cream launched.

1983

Caseinates developed for export customers.

1990

Launch of the Tatua Foods Division.

1991

Lactoferrin developed, manufacturing begins.

1993

Niro dryer installed.

1995

ISO 9001 quality certification received.

1996

WPC (Whey Protein Concentrate) plant installed.

Twelve dairy co-operatives remain in NZ.

2001

Four dairy co-operatives remain in NZ.

Deregulation of the NZ dairy industry - the two largest co-operatives merged with the NZ Dairy Board to form Fonterra. Tatua shareholders voted to remain an independent co-operative.

2003

Tatua's Flavours business launched.

2004

Tatua Japan established and Bionutrients business launched.

2005

AMF (Anhydrous Milk Fat) plant installed.

2011

First dairy company in NZ to achieve FSSC 22000 food safety and quality certification

New foods plant opens

2015

Tatua USA and Tatua Shanghai established.

Dryer 3 opens.

2018

New foods Ecolean packaging plant installed.

2020

New engineering workshop completed.

2021

Wastewater treatment plant commissioned.

Our News

ANNUAL REPORTS:
  • Annual Report 2022
  • Annual Report 2021
  • Annual Report 2020
  • Annual Report 2019
  • Annual Report 2018
  • Annual Report 2017

 

NEWS:
  • Hon. John Luxton QSO CNZM
FINANCIAL RESULTS:
  • Tatua Financial Results 2022
  • Tatua Financial Results 2021
  • Tatua Financial Results 2020
  • Tatua Financial Results 2019
  • Tatua Financial Results 2018
  • Tatua Financial Results 2017
  • Tatua Financial Results 2016

Want to find out more about Tatua?

 

Contact Us
Private Bag 800
Morrinsville 3340
New Zealand
+64 7 889 3999

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