New Zealand CHEESEMakers
A comprehensive but not definitive list of NZ cheesemakers.
Some cheesemakers are very small and sell mainly at Farmers Markets. Others do mail order or sell to supermarkets and delis and if it’s made by an artisan cheesemaker it may be out of season or out of stock so…. “if you can’t find the one you love - love the one you find!”
NORTH ISLAND [from North to South]
Mahoe Cheese, Kerikeri
Puhoi Valley Cheese, Puhoi
Massimo's Italian Cheeses, Auckland
Il Casaro, Auckland
Kapiti Cheese, Auckland
Clevedon Valley Buffalo, Clevedon
Glenbrook Cheese, Waiuku
The Cheese Barn, Matatoki
Mercer Cheese, Mercer nr Hamilton
Meyer Gouda, Hamilton
Cilantro Cheese, Hamilton
Over the Moon Dairy, Putaruru
Mount Eliza Cheese, Katikati
Lonely Goat Cheese, Whanganui
Waimata Cheese, Gisborne
Craggy Range Sheep - Hawke’s Bay
Hohepa Cheese, Hawke’s Bay
Origin Earth, Hawke’s Bay
Kingsmeade, Masterton
Zany Zeus, Lower Hutt
SOUTH ISLAND [North to South]
Cranky Goat, Havelock nr Picton
Thorvald, Nelson
Viavio Ltd, Nelson
Karikaas Cheese, Rangiora
Little Farm Cheese, North Canterbury
Emilio's Cheese, Canterbury
Barry's Bay Cheese, Banks Peninsula
Talbot Forest Cheese, Geraldine
Whitestone Cheese, Oamaru
Raggedy Range Cheese, Alexandra
Gibbston Valley Cheese, Queenstown
Evansdale Cheese, Dunedin