A new partnership will see 3000 hives placed on land around the Southern Taupo area in a new joint venture limited partnership between East Taupo Lands Trust and global health products company Comvita.
The hives will be placed on land in the Southern Taupo area and will begin producing for the upcoming honey season.
Kaimanawa Honey GP will have beekeeping operations to harvest manuka honey from the vast land holdings owned by ETLT.
Comvita will provide the beekeeping equipment and management systems required for running large-scale beekeeping operations and ETLT will lease the land sites to the joint venture.
Together the partners will further develop the land resource and beekeeping techniques, unique to the South Taupo region, with the aim to optimise Manuka honey production.