2023 Apiculture New Zealand National Honey Competition winners
Supreme overall winner: Jarved Allan, The Mānuka Collective
People’s Choice
Jody Mitchell, Kaimai Range Honey
Class A: Liquid or Clear Honey – Light
Gold: Simon Aarts, Coalgate Honey Co. (Selwyn, Canterbury)
Silver: Jarved Allan, The Mānuka Collective (Timaru)
Bronze: Carlee McCaw & Tim Sinclair, Milburn Honey Farm Ltd (Otago)
Class A: Liquid or Clear Honey – Medium
Gold: Egmont Honey Ltd (New Plymouth)
Silver: Kim Poynter, Bush Haven Farm (Rotorua)
Bronze: Carlee McCaw & Tim Sinclair, Milburn Honey Farm Ltd (Otago)
Class A: Liquid or Clear Honey – Dark
Gold: Kim Poynter, Bush Haven Farm (Rotorua)
Silver: Richard Smith, Waireka Honey (Palmerston North)
Bronze: Jarved Allan, The Mānuka Collective (Timaru)
Class B: Naturally Granulated Honey – Light
Gold: Jarved Allan, The Mānuka Collective (Timaru)
Silver: Richard Smith, Waireka Honey (Palmerston North)
Bronze: Simon Aarts, Coalgate Honey Co. (Selwyn, Canterbury)
Class B: Naturally Granulated Honey – Medium
Gold: James Jeffery, SummerGlow Apiaries Ltd (Hamilton)
Silver: Richard Smith, Waireka Honey (Palmerston North)
Bronze: Kim Poynter, Bush Haven Farm (Rotorua)
Class B: Naturally Granulated Honey – Dark
Gold: Richard Smith, Waireka Honey (Palmerston North)
Silver: Jarved Allan, The Mānuka Collective (Timaru)
Bronze: Kim Poynter, Bush Haven Farm (Rotorua)
Class C: Creamed Honey – Light
Gold: Carlee McCaw & Tim Sinclair, Milburn Honey Farm Ltd (Otago)
Silver: Adam Dale, Dale Honey (Otago)
Bronze: Richard Smith, Waireka Honey (Palmerston North)
Class C: Creamed Honey – Medium
Gold: Jarved Allan, The Mānuka Collective (Timaru)
Silver: Raul Mateas-Orban, Tarata Honey (Taranaki)
Bronze: Cameron Jefferies, Jbees Limited (Tauranga)
Class C: Creamed Honey – Dark
Gold: Raul Mateas-Orban, Tarata Honey (Taranaki)
Silver: Jarved Allan, The Mānuka Collective (Timaru)
Bronze: Richard Smith, Waireka Honey (Palmerston North)
Class D: Monofloral Mānuka Honey
Gold: Jarved Allan, The Mānuka Collective (Timaru)
Silver: Carlee McCaw & Tim Sinclair, Milburn Honey Farm Ltd (Otago)
Bronze: Julian McCurdy, Forest & Bees Native Honey Ltd (Taranaki)
Class E: Honeydew Honey
Gold: Jarved Allan, The Mānuka Collective (Timaru)
Silver: Oha Honey Limited Partnership (Masterton)
Bronze: Richard Smith, Waireka Honey (Palmerston North)
Class F: Special Reserve
Gold: Jarved Allan, The Mānuka Collective (Timaru)
Silver: David Liang, Honey Centre Warkworth
Bronze: no award
Class G: Honey Comb – Frame, Wood section
Gold: Danny Russell, Te Akatea Apiaries (Ngāruawāhia)
Silver: no award
Bronze: no award
Class G: Honey Comb – Cut Comb
Gold: Marsh’s Honey (Ettrick, Otago)
Silver: Danny Russell, Te Akatea Apiaries (Ngāruawāhia)
Bronze: Karena Robinson, Tūaropaki Trust (Taupo)
Class G: Honey Comb – Chunk honey
Gold: Danny Russell, Te Akatea Apiaries (Ngāruawāhia)
Silver: no award
Bronze: no award
Class H: Bee Club/Association Honey
Gold: Rotorua Honey Bee Club
Class I: Product of the Hive
Gold: Andres Villegas, Honey By The Sea (Auckland)
Silver: Go Wild Apiaries (Chatham Islands)
Bronze: Jarved Allan, The Mānuka Collective
Class J: Product packaging
Gold: Mark Hellyer, The Naughty Bee
Silver: Go Wild Apiaries
Bronze: Tasman Honey New Zealand Ltd
Class K: Honey Beverages – alcoholic
no entries
Class K: Honey Beverages – non-alcoholic
no entries