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!
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Products
Awards
Bees Knees Baby Banquet Ham - Boneless Ham Silver winner 2026
Manukau Smoked Sliced Ham - Silver winner 2026
Waiheke Green Bacon (with flora gin & juniper notes) - Flavoured Bacon Gold winner 2026
Waiheke Preservative Free Dry Cured Bacon - Naturally Cured Category Champion 2026
Dry Cured Streaky Bacon - Bronze winner 2026
Dry Cured Streaky Bacon - Category Champion 2026
Pork
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Woolworths Free Farmed NZ Boneless Champagne Half Ham - Boneless Ham Silver winner 2026
Bacon
Cnr. Broadway Ave and Albert Street
Palmerston North
newworld.co.nz/lower-north-island/manawatu-and-wairarapa/melodys
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Maple Bacon - Streaky Bacon Silver winner 2026
Sweet Chilli Chipotle Bacon - Flavoured Bacon Bronze winner 2026
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Meat Matas Streaky Bacon - Gold winner 2026
Meat Matas Middle Bacon - Bronze winner 2026
Meat Matas Christmas Roll - Boneless Ham Category winner 2026
Meat Depot's Himalayan Pink Salt Smoked Streaky Bacon - Naturally Cured Bronze winner 2026
Bacon, Ham
Streaky Bacon - Bronze winner 2025
Bacon, Ham
Maple Cured & Manuka Smoked Shoulder Bacon - Silver winner 2026
Honey Cured & Manuka Smoked Sliced Ham - Gold winner 2026
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 Middle Bacon - Silver winner 2026
Expleo Bone In Ham - Bronze winner 2026
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,
Lower Hutt
30 Dundas Street,
Seatoun
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Manuka Smoked Streaky Bacon - Gold winner 2026
Honey Cured & Double Manuka Smoked Streaky Bacon - Silver winner 2026
Honey Cured Shoulder Bacon - Gold winner 2026
Honey Cured & Double Manuka Smoked Eye Bacon - Bronze winner 2026
Honey Cured & Manuka Smoked Sliced Ham - Gold winner 2026
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham
Old School Middle Bacon - Gold winner 2026
Wild Games Pepper Flavoured Bacon - Gold winner 2026
Wild Games Ginger Flavoured Bacon - Bronze winner 2026
Bacon, Ham, Pork
KFM Dry Cure Streaky Bacon - Gold winner 2026
70 Tiki Road,
Coromandel
Bacon, Ham
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Honey Cured, Manuka Smoked Shoulder Bacon - Category Champion 2026
Honey Cured, Manuka Smoked Middle Bacon - Silver winner 2026
Honey Cured, Manuka Smoked Middle Eye Bacon - Silver winner 2026
Honey Cured, Manuka Smoked Sliced Ham - Bronze winner 2026
Honey Cured, Manuka Smoked Bone In Ham - Gold winner 2026
People's Choice Bacon 2026
People's Choice Ham 2026
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 Streaky Bacon - Bronze winner 2026
Mapari Classic Streaky Bacon - Naturally Cured Gold winner 2026
Mapari Free Range Champagne Ham - Boneless Ham Bronze winner 2026
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
Deda's Picante Bacon - 100% Natural - Naturally Cured Silver winner 2026
Bacon, Ham, Pork
WB Sliced Ham - Silver winner 2026
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Sliced York Ham Unsmoked - Silver winner 2026
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon Candy - Flavoured Bacon Gold winner 2026
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Done in Manuka Smoked Ham - Category Champion 2026
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Honey Chilli Bacon - Gold winner 2025
Pork Pastrami - Silver winner 2025
Bacon, Pork
Free Farmed Dry Cured Middle Bacon - Category Champion 2026
Free Farmed Shoulder Bacon - Bronze winner 2026
Free Farmed Dry Cured Streaky Bacon - Gold winner 2026
Cooked Ham on the Bone (Half) - Silver winner 2026
Cooked Ham Boneless (Half) - Silver winner 2026
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 Boneless Half Ham NZ Pork - Gold winner 2026
Bacon, Ham
Champagne Ham - Category Champion 2025
Middle Bacon - Category Champion 2025
Middle Eye Bacon - Category Champion 2025
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Maple Middle Bacon - Bronze winner 2026
Dry Cured Streaky Bacon - Silver winner 2026
Nitrate Free Bacon - Bronze winner 2026
Traditional Ham on the Bone - Bronze winner 2026
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 Bacon - Bronze winner 2026
Dry Cured Streaky Bacon Original - Bronze winner 2026
Dry Cured Streaky Bacon BBQ Bourbon - Flavoured Bacon Silver winner 2026
Dry Cured Streaky Bacon Candied Orange Glaze - Flavoured Bacon Bronze winner 2026
Traditional Middle Eye Bacon - Category Champion winner 2026
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Reuben's Streaky Bacon - Silver winner 2026
Reuben's Middle Free Range Bacon - Supreme winner 2026
Reuben's Middle Free Range Bacon - Category Champion 2026
Reuben's Traditional Dry Cured Streaky Bacon - Silver winner 2026
Reuben's Cry Cured Streaky - Bronze winner 2026
Reuben's Middle Eye Bacon - Gold winner 2026
Reuben's COB Ham - Bone In Ham Silver winner 2026
Reuben's Boneless Loin Ham - Bronze winner 2026
17 Queen Street
Wainuiomata
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Dry Cured Middle Bacon - Silver winner 2026
121 Codelia Street
Stratford
Bacon, Ham, Pork
23 Ocean View Road
Hillcrest
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Dry Cured Maple Middle Eye Bacon - Gold winner 2026
Dry Cured Rib Eye Bacon - Bronze winner 2026
Dry Cured Streaky Bacon - Silver winner 2026
Bone in Ham - Supreme winner 2026
Bone in Ham - Category Champion 2026
239A Queen St
Auckland City
Pork
167 Puhinui Rd,
Papatoetoe
Auckland
Pork
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Manuka Smoked Loin Bacon - Silver winner 2026
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Bacon, Ham, Pork
Double Smoked Speck - Steaky Bacon Category Champion 2026
Streaky Bacon - Bronze winner 2026
Middle Bacon - Silver winner 2026
Peppered Speck - Flavoured Bacon Category Champion winner 2026
Sliced Champagne Ham - Category Champion winner 2026
Champagne Ham - Boneless Ham Gold winner 2026
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.
