| [7] Dairy Factory (1Day) | |
| Date: | Friday 12th November 2010 |
| Time: | 0600 – 1800 Coach departs from opposite SKYCITY entrance - Federal St. |
| Cost: | $1300 including GST |
| Flight: | NZ501/2284 Depart Auckland 6.50am, Arrive Hokitika 9.05am |
| Transport: | TBA |
| Minimum No: | 10 passengers |
| Maximum No: | 30 passengers |
| Flight: | NZ2865/532 Depart Hokitika 2.55pm, Arrive Auckland 5.50pm |
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| Westland Milk Products, Hokitika | |
| Tour Highlights | |
 Westland Milk Products is an independent, co-operative dairy company, owned by its 330 farmer shareholders with a history of more than 70 years of dairy production. Since the deregulation of the dairy industry in 2001, Westland Milk Products has built itself into an internationally recognised dairy company producing a wide range of dairy ingredients and finished products including butter, milk powders, caseinates, milk protein products and yoghurt premix. The milk collection catchment area is the pristine West Coast of the South Island and covers 440kms from Karamea in the north to Fox Glacier in the South. With more than 390 supplying farms the company collects and processes more than 500 million litres of milk per annum.An ongoing investment program in processing and infrastructure has enabled the company to produce 78,000MT’s of finished product earning revenues of $450 million. Recent investments have been in EasiYo, a homemade yoghurt business, based in Auckland and the completion of a large dry store and office complex near Christchurch. Between 2005 and 2006 a $75 million protein plant was built as a way of adding value to Westland’s rapidly growing supply and allowed the company to take on a broader range of products and provided much needed processing capacity. The development of the dairy industry on the West Coast of New Zealand is a success story for the region and Westland Milk Products with its proud history and commercial success, continues to play an important role in the region’s economy. |
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| Tour Details | |
A small player doing great things – a true West Coast success story!  A company presentationTour of the manufacturing plantLunch |
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| Social Tour: This would leave approx 1 ½ to 2 hours to fill in before checking in for the 2.55pm flight. Options would be to take in the local shops, perhaps visit to the Greenstone Factory, Glass factory or, if time permits, a visit to the Hokitika Gorge (approx.30 minutes each way). |
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