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History of True Blue Organics

True Blue Organics came into being when we chose to leave the city lights in favour of the remote West Coast in 1983. The concept of an organic, sustainable venture was present from the outset and was borne out in the raising of our family and the establishment of our responsibilities to the rural community we called home.

In 1993 we purchased a 3-hectare property on the shores of the Otumahana Estuary and three years later undertook our first trial plantings of the Melaleuca alternifolia (Australian Tea-Tree).

Research had indicated that our area was similar to the natural locations of Melaleuca in Australia, being frost free and with a high rainfall and moisture retentive soil.

The plantation was certified organic by BiogroNZ, an accolade that covers the entirety of our produce (pears, nashis, plums, apples, a commercial orchard of 400 feijoa trees, eggs, honey, beef and mutton). The certification stands to this day and covers the Tea Tree products that are formulated on-site and the harvesting and distillation processes that produce the pure essential oil.

Margaret and Hamish Macbeth
Margaret and Hamish Macbeth
Teat Tree Harvest
Student helpers make the harvesting much easier.

1993 Aerial View of Otumahana Estuary
Aerial photo of
Otumahana Estuary area
Feijoa Orchard
Feijoa Orchard

 

New Zealand’s Only
Certified Organic
Tea Tree Oil

Bio Gro Standard Certified Organic


 

Made in
New Zealand

Margaret and Hamish Macbeth
True Blue Organics
4545 Karamea Highway, RD 3,
Karamea 7893, New Zealand

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