PREMIUM BUSH HONEY – KAHU23 –

Kahu bush Honey

Congratulations on your purchase. The Bush Honey you have was made by our bees in Tutumoe, Northland and extracted and jarred at our honey-shed in Dargaville.

This honey has not been blended, creamed or pasteurized and contains no additives – just 100% pure NZ liquid honey. It gives you the best taste experience because it has not been mixed with any other honey. You will be able to enjoy all the subtleties of flavour from honey made in this remote, beautiful landscape in the 2025/2026 season.

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This Bush Honey was made predominantly from nectar coming from the Towai tree but also from Manuka and some pasture species such as clover. Towai nectar produces a light coloured honey that is very sweet but with a subtle spiciness. This honey has a unique taste that our customers have come to love and which they find reminiscent of years gone by.

Towai Flowers

Manuka Follower

Clover Flowers

This honey is taken direct from honey frame to jar and has been coarsely filtered. As a result, some jars of this year’s Bush Honey may have a layer of foam on top, or small natural particles attached to the underside of the lid. If you notice this, please don’t worry.

The is actually a result of our commitment to keeping our honey as close to its natural state as possible.

Most commercial honeys are filtered very finely to create a perfectly clear appearance. While this produces a cleaner-looking honey, it also removes more of the natural pollen, propolis particles, and characteristics that make each honey unique.

We have deliberately used a coarse filtration process to retain as much of the honey’s natural character as possible. As a result, tiny natural particles such as pollen and beeswax can sometimes gather within the foam layer. This season, we have noticed that more of this foam has collected at the top of some jars and occasionally on the underside of the lid.

Although it may look a little unusual, it is completely safe and natural.

The foam that forms in the extraction process is normally removed after settling in tanks. We have taken the honey straight from the frame to the jar which has left some foam on the top of the honey. It is a sign of minimal processing and can be eaten as is.

Or if you prefer, you can simply:

Remove the foam before eating or
Stir it back into the honey

No two seasons are ever exactly the same, and neither is truly natural honey. After all, this isn’t a product made by a factory. It’s a food made by bees and nature.

Thank you for supporting our commitment to producing honey as naturally as possible.

Uses

It is a perfect everyday treat to spread on toast, have with yoghurt or cereal, as a healthy sugar replacement in coffee or other drinks or to use in many types of cooking. We highly recommend daily uses where you will be able to enjoy the subtle flavours of this delicious un-blended honey.

BEST BEFORE

Keep your honey in a cool location away from direct sunlight and in a tightly sealed container. We recommend you use the original container your honey came in although any glass jar or food safe container will work. Because the honey has not been creamed or pasteurized it will naturally crystallize over time. You can make crystalized honey runny again by putting on a windowsill or simply enjoy it in its various natural states. We are sure you will love it so much it doesn’t have a chance to crystallize.

YOUR JAR OF BUSH HONEY COMES FROM TUTUMOE

Tutumoe is a remote West Coast valley created from a volcanic eruption millions of years ago. It is located on the northern end of the Kauri Coast in Northland, New Zealand.

Tutumoe is nestled between the Waipoua and Malborough forests. The Waipoua forest is famous for NZ’s oldest and largest Kauri tree, Tane Mahuta. The Marlborough forest has over 4,000 hectares of native bush and is surrounded mostly by pine plantations. It is not widely known but has many hikes and wild pigs.