Our Company

Manuka Biologicals Limited (In Receivership) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mānuka Bioscience Limited (In Receivership). We specialize in cultivating, producing, exporting, and marketing traceable and sustainable New Zealand East Cape Manuka oil. Our oils originate from our own plantations and wild harvests.

Company Milestones

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2013

2013

  • Acquired Coast Biologicals
  • Wild Harvest Production
  • Fair share landowner participation

2014

2014

  • Established the first mānuka plantation for oil
  • Established ECION R&D partnership
  • Southern Cross Laboratory partnership for testing
  • Developed in house rapid plantation testing

2015

2015

Planted over 5m mānuka seedlings in joint ventures with Maungaroa and Iwiroa Trusts

2016

2016

  • BOP Innovation in Export Award recipient
  • Developed further rapid testing instrument for small scale analysis and quality control

2017

2017

Formed partnerships with 3 further iwi groups for mānuka plantations

2018

2018

Commissioned Hills Laboratories to develop validated procedure for testing residues in essential oils

2019

2019

Developed, commissioned and installed satellite distillation on plantation

2020

2020

Registered wild harvest with BioGrow as organic source

2021

2021

  • Registered Opotiki distillation facility with BioGrow
  • Commenced transition to first registered organic plantation
  • Merge with mānuka Bioscience to leverage R&D opportunities

2024

2023

  • Qualified for NATRUE-certified organic oil production.
  • Became a B Corp- certified company.