5th July 2022 Awards / CheeseRegistrations are now open for the annual Vegan Society Cheese Awards.
1st July 2022 Awards / CheeseA total of 29 trophies were doled out at the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards in Hamilton last night.
21st June 2022 Cheese / TradeNew Zealand cheesemakers have called on the government not to give in to the “demands of Eurocrats” which would strip them of the right to use common description terms like Feta, Parmesan, and Gruyere, as part of EU-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement negotiations.
4th April 2022 Awards / CheeseThe New Zealand Specialist Cheesemakers Association has announced 254 medal winners in the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards 2022.
11th February 2022 Awards / CheeseEntries close today for this year’s Champions of Cheese Awards.
7th December 2021 Awards / CheeseA new award recognising and promoting sustainability has been created as part of the 2022 New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards.
16th November 2021 Cheese / WaimataThe country’s largest independent cheese maker has been forced to end a retail product it has been making for 27 years.
29th October 2021 Angel Food / CheeseThe company is exploring a licensing deal as it looks to leverage New Zealand’s global reputation for dairy products.
3rd September 2021 Cheese / Covid-19Otago cheese producer Whitestone has made an offer to provide free cheese to healthcare professionals in a bid to encourage staff to man a proposed drive-through Covid-19 vaccination centre in Oamaru.
31st May 2021 CheeseOamaru’s Whitestone Cheese has opened its cheese bar in Auckland’s Viaduct.
25th May 2021 CheeseThe award-winning specialist cheese producer is looking to buy its own farm and factory.
20th May 2021 Cheese / RecallSurti Indian Samosa Limited is recalling a specific batch of Surti brand Paneer due to the possible presence of E. coli.
7th May 2021 CheeseAwards given after judging of more than 310 cheeses entered in annual competition.
5th May 2021 CheeseOamaru-based artisan cheese producer Whitestone Cheese is building on their domestic market, shifting efforts from export markets.
29th April 2021 CheeseNew Zealand cheesemakers are up in arms over the European Commission’s continuing campaign to restrict the use of common names in international cheesemaking, with halloumi the latest target.
16th March 2021 Awards / CheeseThe New Zealand Specialist Cheesemakers Association has announced 265 medal winners in the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards 2021.
17th February 2021 Awards / CheeseJudging of the NZ Champions of Cheese Awards 2021 will go ahead in Hamilton this weekend after Auckland’s snap Covid-19 alert level 3 lockdown.
2nd December 2020 CheeseEntries are now open for the 19th annual New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards.
3rd November 2020 Cheese / TeaZealong Tea Estate and Meyer Cheese have created a so-called world first tea-infused cheese.
1st October 2020 CheeseThe New Zealand cheese industry has seen record supermarket sales for much of 2020, despite the varying impacts of Covid-19.
