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09 Feb 2012, 04:01 PM Sustainability and the Environment: Working In Harmony with Nature

Sustainability is something that has always run deep in our DNA. We are practically environmentalists by default. We have to be. That’s because beekeeping is all about biodiversity and stewarding, wherever possible, the natural world to create the very best natural products.

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08 Feb 2012, 10:46 AM Mmm Manuka Honey

Comvita featured in the third series of NZ Food on a Plate. In a section about Rotorua, guest chef, Eru (from the world-famous, exclusive Tree Tops Lodge) creates a pannacotta dessert using Comvita Manuka Honey UMF5+.

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08 Feb 2012, 10:45 AM Manuka Trees for the Bees

Five years of commitment from Comvita, Tauranga City Council and local schools has provided our bees with an environment to thrive in.

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08 Feb 2012, 10:44 AM Welcome to our new website

I am very pleased to welcome you to our new website. The idea behind our website is simple – it’s an invitation to join the world of Comvita®.

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08 Feb 2012, 10:42 AM Beginnings: A Budding Love Affair With A Sting

Comvita started almost four decades ago. It was 1973. I was an energetic young man in my early twenties filled with enthusiasm for new approaches to nutrition, health, and environmentalism.

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08 Feb 2012, 10:41 AM A Sweet union: Like Bees to A Honey Pot

All stings and no honey, in 1975 I called on a fellow bee-loving expert from the Bay of Plenty for help -Claude Stratford. Claude was in the early days of his own small basement business venture centred on honey and medicinal bee products – an adventure he called Comvita. Claude’s idea of a “retirement hobby”.

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08 Feb 2012, 10:40 AM From Bees to Business - the official beginnings of a sweet thing.

Less than a year later at the end of 1976 I packed my bags and along with my new wife Lynda, left the hives of Great Barrier Island on a shared mission with Claude to build Comvita into something really special. I was young and energetic. Claude was older and wiser.

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19 Jan 2012, 02:36 PM Honey, meet Einstein

While our ethos around providing pure and natural products runs deep, we are also committed to having real science.

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18 Nov 2011, 09:37 AM Natural beauty poised for explosive growth in Asia

I’ve just had the pleasure of speaking at the first Sustainable Cosmetics Summit held by Organic Monitor in the Asian region. Staged in Hong Kong, it recognises that Asia is the next emerging market for natural cosmetics.

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03 Nov 2011, 02:03 PM Keeping People Well by Keeping It Real

Our honey is raw and as close to nature as we can get it. From the way it is extracted to the way it is filtered, processed and packaged, Comvita® has carefully and passionately pioneered the special process of producing raw honey fit for the most discerning of “purists”.

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