Our Story
Two mates, a few hives, and a suitcase of honeycomb.
The honey you leave out
on the bench.
Waka Gold is New Zealand honey. Mānuka frames are gently warmed to the optimum temperature for extraction, protecting the MGO, DHA and leptosperin. Nothing is added. Every batch is independently lab tested, and we print a number below what the lab finds. Bigger numbers sell for more. We know.
Waka, for the voyaging canoes. Gold, for what's in the jar.
How Waka Gold
Came to Be
The story behind every jar
How it started
Two mates started keeping bees. Some of that first honeycomb went to family in the UK, as a gift. The reaction: "You should sell this."
So we did
Waka Gold is that honey, in a jar. Nothing added, and tested by an independent lab before it carries our name.
Today
Find us at wakagold.com, and on Trade Me, Etsy and eBay. New Zealand first. Australia and the UK next.
Pierre David, founder
Our Values
Gently warmed
Mānuka frames are gently warmed to the optimum temperature for extraction, protecting the MGO, DHA and leptosperin. Nothing is added.
Nothing added
Only what's on the label.
Labelled under
Independently lab tested. We print a number below the result. Ask us for the certificate.
Made to share
It started as a gift. It still makes a good one.
Leave it out on the bench.
Let them ask.