Introducing the Aotea Company

  • We create nature-inspired products that challenge convention with better, kinder alternatives using sourced, sustainably grown ingredients from Aotea Great Barrier Island.

    Whether it's an outdoor meal with mates, a catch-up breakfast with the kids, or a home spa day with a bestie, we'll bring you something a little better for you and a little kinder to the planet than your existing choices. And we'll add a little of Aotea's wildness, packed in for good measure.

    We also believe in community, authenticity, transparency, and the simple connections that happen when whānau, friends and neighbours come together.

  • Doing things our way since 1977

  • After seeing Aotea Great Barrier from a Cessna cockpit at 17, Bayard could never shake the feeling that this place would one day become more than a destination—it would eventually become home and inspiration for a new business venture.

    Bayard now lives on Aotea with his wife, Leanne, the Principal of Kaitoke School, where he founded The Aotea Company as a junction point of the things he loved. “Products with meaning, sustainability, community, the island of Aotea, and the pace of FMCG. It honestly couldn’t be a better mix for me”.

    Today, Bayard runs the business from his home on Cape Barrier at the southernmost tip of Aotea.

"At the Aotea Company, we celebrate the human spirit, community, connection and those simple moments of joy and of being with one another.

Through great food, refreshing drinks, good times and the shared moments we bring to market, we add the spirit of Aotea to everyone’s memorable experiences."