Tatua Dairy Company

The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company Ltd, trading as Tatua, is an independent co-operative dairy company in the Matamata-Piako District of the Waikato Region, in the North Island of New Zealand.

It is located in the rural locality of Tatuanui, approximately 8 kilometres east of Morrinsville.

The co-operative is owned by 101 shareholder farms, all located within a 12 kilometre radius of the processing factory.

[1] The co-operative has maintained a strong independent history within the New Zealand dairy industry.

In the 2001 mega-merger for the New Zealand dairy industry - which formed Fonterra - Tatua shareholders decided to remain independent.