Te Mata Exports Limited (Te Mata) is an export house, that was established in 2000 in Hawke’s
Bay, the largest horticultural growing region in New Zealand. From New Zealand, Te Mata
Exports specialises in apples, cherries, citrus and vegetables.
In 2019, Te Mata Exports Australia Pty Ltd was established in Melbourne. Key products exported include grapes and a range of citrus fruit.
The business is expanding into other regions, with produce also currently sourced from countries in South American and North America.
From our broad network of operations, Te Mata supplies premium produce to key markets in Europe, North America, Middle East, India and Asia.
Te Mata Exports has built its reputation on strong relationships with our suppliers and global customers. Working closely with our growers and packers, the business has a proven track record of adding value for both growers and customers.
The Te Mata Exports New Zealand team is based in the Hawke’s Bay, a region often referred to as the fruit bowl of New Zealand. While they work closely with a large number of local operations, they also partner with growers across New Zealand to procure the best quality produce for their international customers. The categories Te Mata Exports New Zealand specialises in include apples, cherries, citrus and vegetables. New Zealand is renowned for its clean air and water, temperate climate and exceptional food safety and quality control systems
.The Te Mata Exports Australia team are strategically located in different offices across Australasia. The categories Te Mata Exports Australia has chosen to specialise in include grapes and citrus with exports largely going to Asia. We are expecting to expand our range in the future. Australia is renowned for having some of the most robust food safety and compliance programmes in the world. The growing seasons means popular fresh produce can be sourced from Australian growers to supply our Northern hemisphere customers counter-season.
Te Mata also works in partnerships with suppliers in the US and South America which allows us to supply our customers with our key product lines year-round.
Te Mata Exports largest shareholder is Market Gardeners Ltd, trading as the MG Group, with the grower-owned co-operative owning a 74% stake in the business.
MG represents over 400 grower shareholders and is New Zealand’s leading supplier of top-quality produce. Through its network of local branches and other subsidiary and associate businesses, MG is also involved in sales, distribution, farming and intellectual property development.
The balance of Te Mata’s shares are held within the management team.
