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18 May 2012, 01:27 PM Ethos, philosophy and what drives us.

For Claude and I the modern day health paradigm was completely backwards and upside down. It wasn’t about wellness. It was about illness!

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26 Apr 2012, 12:29 PM From Bees to Business - A Sweet Thing.

Less than a year later at the end of 1976 I packed my bags and along with my new wife Lynda, left the hives of Great Barrier Island on a shared mission with Claude to build Comvita into something really special. I was young and energetic. Claude was older and wiser.

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24 Apr 2012, 05:23 PM Product of the Year Finalist

We thought we’d share some of our thoughts on why we’ve made it this far!

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11 Apr 2012, 12:07 PM A Sweet union: Like Bees to A Honey Pot

All stings and no honey, in 1975 I called on a fellow bee-loving expert from the Bay of Plenty for help -Claude Stratford. Claude was in the early days of his own small basement business venture centred on honey and medicinal bee products – an adventure he called Comvita. Claude’s idea of a “retirement hobby”.

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05 Mar 2012, 12:14 PM Beginnings: A Budding Love Affair With A Sting

Comvita started almost four decades ago. It was 1973. I was an energetic young man in my early twenties filled with enthusiasm for new approaches to nutrition, health, and environmentalism.

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25 Mar 2011, 01:56 AM Today Tonight feature - "Nature's Miracle"

Channel 7’s Today Tonight show featured Comvita® Manuka Honey last week, touting Manuka Honey as “Nature’s Miracle.” Dr Shona Blair, Microbiologist says “Manuka Honey is one of those products that every household in Australia should have.”

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03 Mar 2011, 01:09 AM The Beauty of Honey

This month the Comvita Australia team celebrated the exclusive listing in David Jones of their new Comvita Skincare with HuniXA Manuka honey. The range is one of only three new beauty brands to be introduced to David Jones in 2011.

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