Our connection to people and place is at the heart of our identity as Māori. Food and hospitality underpin our way of life.

Sharing food is a traditional way of bringing people together. With open arms we invite you to learn about our ways.

An associated business of Wakatū Incorporation, Kono NZ LP (Kono) is a vertically integrated, family-owned Māori food and beverage producer – an artisan producer, and exporter of award-winning wine, craft beer and fruit.

Aspiring to be the world’s best indigenous food and beverage provider, Kono has a global consumer focus.

Kono is a specialist across all aspects of its operations. From farming and harvesting, to processing and the marketing of wine, craft beer, apples, pears, kiwifruit and hops.

We farm more than 530 hectares of land and whilst based in the Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough regions of New Zealand, we have a geographic spread of export partners across the world. With an intergenerational perspective, Kono prides itself on living its values of instilling practices our ancestors would recognise and that our children will be proud of.

Toku toa, he toa rangatiraMy bravery is inherited from
the chiefs who were my forebears