our story

As you crest the hill on State highway 10, heading north, just past the harborside town of Mangonui, you are suddenly greeted by the magnificent vista that is Doubtless Bay.  As you wind your way along the coast you are treated to glimpses of golden sandy beaches through the Pohutakawa trees dotted along the side of the road, and all the time the beautiful clear waters of the bay roll in and out generating that reassuring sound that we all love about the beach.

If you were to drive up our driveway in Taipa, you would be forgiven for thinking there isn’t much at the end of this quiet, slightly overgrown driveway. But actually you would be wrong.  Because at the top of the hill, and at the very end of the drive, are two new local businesses that have fantastic eco credentials and an even bigger desire to shake up the manufacturing process of two food ingredients, both of which it turns out are essential to life.

The first gate announces you have arrived at the home of The Taipa Salt Pig, New Zealand’s Northern most sea salt manufacturing operation.    The Taipa Salt Pig uses local sea water to make sea salt and it’s the Pig’s ancient process that gave life to a big idea.
Further up the drive and you will arrive at the home of Ocean where the question arose ” Is it possible to capture the water vapour rising from your evaporation salt pans to use as freshwater?” 

It turns out the answer to that question was a definite “Yes you can!”

Ocean has arrived and its our privilege to share with you, New Zealand’s first fresh bottled drinking water made from just clean Northland Seawater and Sunshine.  If you are into sustainability like us, you will love this totally passive solar process which uses a resource that’s not going to affect local aquifers.  99% of the worlds water is just sitting out there in our Oceans, and now you can actually drink it from glass bottles and with eco-friendly labelling!!

Come and join us on our journey toward showing people just what being kind to the environment really means. 

Let’s drink the Ocean!!!