A cut above the rest
When choosing your meat be sure to check you’re buying 100% New Zealand pork and support our Kiwi farmers and industry!
- Pricing label should say NZ PORK or ‘born and raised in New Zealand’ and/or
- Features one of these on-pack labels:
Golden rule: If the pricing label doesn’t say NZ PORK, doesn’t say 'born and raised in New Zealand' OR have one of our on-pack labels... it’s probably not New Zealand pork!
Find your local butcher
Company
Products
Awards
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Woolworths Free Farmed Champagne Ham Shaved - Bronze winner 2025
Woolworths Free Farmed NZ Boneless Champagne Half Ham - Bronze winner 2025
Woolworths Free Farmed NZ Half Ham - Bronze winner 2025
Bacon
Cnr. Broadway Ave and Albert Street
Palmerston North
newworld.co.nz/lower-north-island/manawatu-and-wairarapa/melodys
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Manuka Honey & Jamaican Style Jerk Glaze Bacon - Silver winner 2025
Sweet Chilli Chipotle Bacon - Bronze winner 2025
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Meat Matas Leg Ham - Silver winner 2025
Bacon, Ham
Streaky Bacon - Bronze winner 2025
Bacon, Ham
Honey Cured and Manuka Smoked Ham - Bronze winner 2025
Bacon, Pork
NZ Pork Butt Bacon - Category Champion 2025
NZ Dry Cure Streaky Bacon - Gold winner 2025
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Rib Rocker Dry Cured Loin Bacon - Gold winner 2025
Dry Cured Loin Bacon - Bronze winner 2025
Shop 12
The Richmond Centre
Cnr Egmont & St Aubyn Streets
New Plymouth
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Pork, Ham, Bacon
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Expleo Dry Cured Streaky Bacon - Bronze winner 2025
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Available at selected supermarkets and stores across the North Island - check their Facebook page for the full list of stockists
facebook.com/p/Pirongia-Bacon-100057859741331/
Bacon
Pirongia Streaky Bacon - Silver winner 2025
Bacon, Pork
Gypsy Bacon - Gold winner 2025
Maple Middle Bacon - Silver winner 2025
4 Crofton Rd,
Ngaio
3 Geange St,
Upper Hutt
829 High Street,
Avalon
30 Dundas Street,
Seatoun
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Manuka Smoked Shoulder Bacon - Gold winner 2025
Honey Cured Ham - Gold winner 2025
Manuka Smoked Ham - Gold winner 2025
Honey Cured and Manuka Smoked Ham - Silver winner 2025
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham
Old School Pressed Ham - Category Champion/Supreme Ham Award 2025
Bushmans Streaky Bacon - Gold winner 2025
Old School Streaky Bacon - Gold winner 2025
Bushmans Bacon - Silver winner 2025
Old School Middle Bacon - Bronze winner 2025
Bacon, Ham, Pork
KFM American Streaky Bacon - Catergory Champion winner 2025
KFM American Dry Cure Streaky Bacon - Bronze winner 2025
70 Tiki Road,
Coromandel
Bacon, Ham
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Guanciale - Category Champion winner 2025
Green Middle Bacon - Gold winner 2025
Honey Cured, Manuka Smoked Shoulder Bacon - Gold winner 2025
Honey Cured, Manuka Smoked Middle Eye Bacon - Silver winner 2025
Dry Cured Streaky Bacon - Silver winner 2025
Italian Streaky Bacon - Silver winner 2025
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham
Swiss Deli Dry Cured Smoked Bacon - Category Champion 2025
Swiss Deli Continental Spec Whole Bacon - Gold winner 2025
Swiss Deli Sliced Champagne Ham - Gold winner 2025
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Traditional Shoulder Bacon - Silver winner 2025
Dry Cured Streaky Bacon - Bronze winner 2025
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Mapari Free Range Streaky Bacon - Silver winner 2025
Mapari Free Range Ham - Silver winner 2025
Mapari Free Range Champagne Ham - Bronze winner 2025
Mapari Free Range Classic Bacon - Bronze winner 2025
Bacon, Pork
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Dried Cured Middle Eye Bacon - Silver winner 2025
Dried Cured Shoulder Bacon - Bronze winner 2025
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham
Bacon
Speck Bacon - Gold winner 2025
Deda's Picante Bacon - Silver winner 2025
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Dry Cured Middle Eye Bacon - Silver winner 2025
Nitrate Free Streaky Bacon - Silver winner 2025
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Dry Cured Streaky Bacon - Gold winner 2025
Farmgate Heritage Ham - Bronze winner 2025
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Middle Bacon - Gold winner 2025
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Honey Chilli Bacon - Gold winner 2025
Pork Pastrami - Silver winner 2025
Bacon, Pork
Free Farmed Loin Bacon - Gold winner 2025
4 Joll Road,
Havelock North
Bacon, Ham, Pork
26 Wanganui Flat Road,
Hari Hari,
West Coast
Bacon
Danish Back Bacon - Bronze winner 2025
Woolworths
Ham
Farmland NZ COB Ham Half - Gold winner 2025
Bacon, Ham
Champagne Ham - Category Champion 2025
Middle Bacon - Category Champion 2025
Middle Eye Bacon - Category Champion 2025
Bacon, Ham, Pork
2025 Winner - People's Choice Bacon
2025 Winner - People's Choice Ham
Bacon, Ham, Pork
237 Maunganui Road,
Mount Maunganui,
Tauranga
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Authentic Dry Cured Middle Eye - Category Champion 2025
Dry Cured Streaky, BBQ Bourbon Bacon - Gold winner 2025
Dry Cured Streaky, with Egmont Honey - Silver winner 2025
Traditional Middle Eye Bacon - Silver winner 2025
Traditional Middle Bacon - Bronze winner 2025
Dry Cured Streaky, Candied Orange Glaze Bacon - Bronze winner 2025
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Reuben's Dry Cured Middle Eye Bacon - Gold winner 2025
Reuben's COB Ham - Gold winner 2025
Reuben's Boneless Loin Ham - Gold winner 2025
Reuben's Middle Free Range Bacon - Silver winner 2025
Reuben's Traditional Streaky Bacon - Silver winner 2025
Reuben's Boneless Ham - Bronze winner 2025
17 Queen Street
Wainuiomata
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bone in Ham - Gold winner 2025
121 Codelia Street
Stratford
Bacon, Ham, Pork
23 Ocean View Road
Hillcrest
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Naturally Maple Streaky Bacon - Category Champion/Supreme Bacon Award 2025
Bone in Ham - Gold winner 2025
239A Queen St
Auckland City
Pork
167 Puhinui Rd,
Papatoetoe
Auckland
Pork
61 Belmont Road
Paeroa
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Manuka Smoked Loin Bacon - Silver winner 2025
Manuka Smoked Streaky Bacon - Bronze winner 2025
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Many butchers and supermarkets in New Zealand sell New Zealand born and raised fresh pork and also use it in their bacon, ham and sausages, as well as a range of other further processed products such as marinated pork and pickled pork.
How to check where your fresh pork and cured pork is from
From February 2022, New Zealand’s food labelling regulations have changed to make it easier for you to identify where your fresh pork and cured pork is from.
Previously, you may have spotted labels for imported pork products featuring the phrase ‘Made in New Zealand from local and imported ingredients.’
Now, fresh pork and cured pork products must state the actual country or countries in which the animals providing the meat (pork) were raised.
For example, ham processed in New Zealand from German pork will need to state ‘German pork’ or ‘Pork raised in Germany’ or something similar on the label (or on signs located alongside).
Most importantly, for cured products, if the statement ‘Made in New Zealand’ is used, it will need to be further qualified as ‘Made in New Zealand from pork raised in country X’ (where X could be New Zealand or another country which must be specifically named). Compliant examples are below:
Look out for the following to make sure you’re buying New Zealand pork:
1. Wording ‘born and raised in New Zealand’ on the pack (it may be anywhere on the label, including on the label under nutrition information/ingredients):
2. Any one of these on-pack labels:
3. The pricing label should say NZ Pork:
4. If you are still unsure, check with your butcher or retailer
Golden rule – If it doesn’t say born and raised in New Zealand, have NZ PORK on the pricing label, or feature one of our on-pack labels, it’s probably not New Zealand pork!
What products are covered under fresh pork and cured pork?
• Fresh pork includes all cuts of fresh meat such as pork chops, pork roasts, pork mince, pork belly, diced pork, pork schnitzel etc.
• Cured pork includes all types of bacon and ham, including prosciutto, pickled pork and other preserved pork products (that contain at least 66 percent of whole pieces of pork).
What products are excluded?
Other pork products including marinated pork and pork sausages fall outside these new regulations. So these products may still be labelled ‘Made in New Zealand from local and imported ingredients with no country/countries listed).
100% New Zealand marinated pork and pork sausages should say ‘born and raised in New Zealand’, have NZ PORK on the pricing label, or feature one of our on-pack labels. If the origin of the pork is not provided, then chances are it is not New Zealand born and raised pork!
Questions or concerns
If you have any questions about identifying New Zealand pork, please feel free to contact us.
For comments or concerns directly related to product labels (for example, if you find something misleading), we recommend you contact the manufacturer and send them a photo of the product label outlining your feedback and concerns.
