Exporter of the year
2024 Winner of The Exporter of the Year
TranzAlpine Honey is honoured to have won first place at the prestigious Organic NZ Awards as Exporter of the Year 2024.
This award celebrates the exporters who take the organic produce of Aotearoa to the world. It’s presented to an exporter who demonstrates how they are actively building and contributing to the reputation of our country’s organic brand and industry.
Judges take into account practices such as packaging, sustainable energy and resource use, advocacy for organics and other certifications, e.g. living wage and carbon zero.
“TranzAlpine Honey New Zealand is so honoured to have won the Organic Exporter of the Year Award at the Organic Week NZ ceremony.
We would like to thank our entire team and all of our loyal, organic-loving customers around the world. would like to thank the organisers and judges of the Organic NZ Awards.
Thank you, everyone, for all your ongoing support in protecting and conserving bees, biodiversity and the future of food security.”
2024 Organic Leader of the Year Finalist
MD of TranzAlpine Organics, Yuriy Soshnikov, was nominated as a finalist for the Organic Leader of the Year 2024, alongside two other iconic organic leaders, Cleo Te Kiri, Head of Pāmu Central North Island organic dairy group and Dr Charles Merfield (Merf) the Head of Future Farming Centre at the BHU (Biological Husbandry Unit Organics Trust.
Organic brand of the year
2023 Winner of Organic Brand of the Year
TranzAlpine Honey is honoured to have won Organic Brand of the Year 2023.
This accolade is deeply special to us as it coincides with our 30th anniversary of being certified organic with BioGro™ NZ.
This award recognises a company, brand or product line with organic certification and/or Hua Parakore verification that is independently owned and based in Aotearoa. It is open to successful organic brands who are leading the way to mitigate climate change and build a just society in harmony with nature and the planet.
As 5th-generation beekeepers, we are a small team that continues to produce honey with simple, traditional beekeeping practices.
We take our responsibility to care for our environment and respect the bees as seriously as we did when we started beekeeping over 100 years ago.
We are proud to continue to produce our honey with the utmost care and attention to the bees and the land - sustainably and naturally organic.
Thank you to the organisers and judges of the Organic NZ Awards. TranzAlpine Honey is honoured to receive this accolade alongside so many other amazing organic industry leaders and producers.
Award-Winning Premium Organic New Zealand Honey
Excellence in Export
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Celebrating local business
TranzAlpine Honey is absolutely delighted and very proud to have received the ANZ Business of the Year Award for Excellence in Export 2022.
They were honoured to be nominated as a finalist for both the Export and Manufacturing business of the year awards alongside so many other exceptional Mid Canterbury businesses.
“New Zealand is our home and TranzAlpine Honey is an important part of our lives. My wife Victoria and I are proud to be continuing the family legacy of beekeeping as TranzAlpine Honey enters its 112th year of business.
We are committed to bringing awareness to the importance of producing honey that is organic and sustainable so that we can ensure the protection and growth of our precious pollinators for generations to come.”
- Yuriy Soshnikov
Certified Organic with BioGro™ NZ since 1993
NZ Artisan Awards
2022 Winners of Gold and Silver NZ Artisan food awards
2024 Winners of Gold NZ Artisan food awards
The Inspire+ NZ Artisan Awards is the biggest competition for artisanal producers in New Zealand.
“Product entries were recognised with a Bronze, Silver or Gold award if they met the development standard; this included analysing the level of consumer demand in the category, degree of innovation, fit-for-purpose claims, visual appeal, price point, packaging, sustainability, shelf-life, mouth feel, taste, distribution and market relevance.”
TranzAlpine Honey is delighted to announce that all three products entered into the 2022 awards won.
2022 - GOLD Organic Mānuka Honey MG650+
2022 - GOLD Organic Mānuka Throat and Chest Syrup MG550+
2022 - SILVER Organic Honey with Ginger Fusion
“We were thrilled to be a part of the judging panel for the 2022 Inspire+ NZ Artisan Awards.
It is a great opportunity for brands to show off their innovative products; we were so excited to see what producers came up with.”
- Danielle Lendich, CEO Wendy’s NZ.
Trace YOUR honey
Come and meet the bees and find out where your honey comes from. Each Jar of TranzAlpine Honey has a unique batch code. Enter the code below and find out which hive in pristine South Island, New Zealand your honey originated from.
