In 1974, Comvita founders Claude Stratford and Alan Bougen imagined people living healthy lives. Bees were their inspiration, and honey their medicine. People were drawn to the same vision, hearing the stories of care for the community through good health. Paengaroa became home to Comvita, a place for people working with, and learning from, nature. Our purpose is to inspire, enable and empower people to live healthy, happy and vibrant lives. Today Comvita continues that vision by researching and selecting sources of natural ingredients, carefully tending and harvesting them to preserve their purity. Our values are: Caring: Through our colleagues, community & customers we share and receive knowledge and compassion, creating respectful relationships full of meaning and joy. Curious: We constantly strive to improve the way we do things, we ask why and how might we, listen to others and nature, learning, understanding and sharing. Courageous: We dare to be different, we challenge the status quo, embrace new ways and learn from our mistakes. Comvita is now a New Zealand stock exchange-listed (NZX:CVT), international natural health products company. We are committed to the development of innovative natural health and wellbeing products, backed by credible scientific research. We develop, market and manufacture products in the categories of Healthcare, Personal Care (Wound Care) and Functional Foods (Health Foods). Manuka (leptospermum) honey is at the core of the Comvita product range and we are the largest manufacturer and marketer of this uniquely New Zealand resource. We sell into over 18 countries through a network of wholesale and third party retail outlets, with more than 480 branded retail outlets throughout Asia – including 400 stores in 40 cities in mainland China - and online. We have offices in New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Australia, Japan, South Korea, UK and USA.