Tatua Dairy Company

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 101 shareholder farms, all located within a 12 kilometre radius of the processing factory.^[1]

The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Limited

Company type	Cooperative
Industry	Food Manufacturing, Dairy
Founded	1914 (1914)
Headquarters	Tatuanui, Morrinsville , New Zealand
Products	Specialised dairy ingredients and dairy foods including, nutritional ingredients, flavours, bionutrients, consumer and foodservice dairy products and bulk ingredients.
Revenue	NZ$535 million
Members	101 shareholder farms
Number of employees	400
Website	tatua.com

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]

See also

• Dairy farming in New Zealand

Organisational Memberships

• New Zealand Co-operatives Association (Inc) https://nz.coop/
• Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ) https://dcanz.com/