Tatua Dairy Company

The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited
Cooperative
Industry Manufacturing, retail
Founded 1914 (1914)
Headquarters Tatuanui, Morrinsville, New Zealand
Products [Specialised dairy ingredients and dairy foods including, dairy flavour ingredients, specialty nutritional ingredients, bionutrients, consumer and foodservice dairy products.
Revenue NZ$289 million
Members 114
Number of employees
 370
Website www.tatua.com

The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Ltd, trading as Tatua, is an independent co-operative dairy company in the Matamata-Piako District of the Waikato Region, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located in the rural locality of Tatuanui, approximately 8 kilometres east of Morrinsville. The co-operative is owned by 114 shareholder farms, all located within a 12 kilometre radius of the processing factory.[1]

Independence

The co-operative has maintained a strong independent history within the New Zealand dairy industry. In the 2001 mega-merger for the New Zealand dairy industry - which formed Fonterra - Tatua shareholders decided to remain independent. Given that New Zealand had over 500 dairy co-operatives in the 1930s, Tatua is unique in that it is the only New Zealand dairy co-operative remaining that has never been part of any merger throughout its history.[2]

Performance

Tatua often records the highest payout for milksolids to the farmer shareholders in New Zealand.[3] While the high level of payout is partly due to a small catchment area (which reduces processing costs), the excellent financial performance of Tatua is increasingly attributed to focusing on value-added milk products rather than traditional, mass-produced, commodity-based milk products such as milk powder, butter and cheese.[4]

See also

Organisational Memberships

  • New Zealand Co-operatives Association (Inc)

References

  1. ↑ "Specialised Dairy Ingredients & Foods Leader". Tatua. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  2. ↑ "Tatua's payout forecast at $7.50". Waikato Times. 25 April 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "Tatua payout highlights benefits of adding value - Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Ltd". The New Zealand Herald. 27 July 2006. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
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