Ataahua Wines Limited
Company-provided description, not an official-source fact. Certifications, capacities, years and market positions stated in it are the company's own claims until a record below confirms them.
Small Winemaker Exemption holder on the New Zealand MPI register
ATAAHUA WINES LIMITED is registered with New Zealand's Ministry for Primary Industries under a small winemaker exemption (MPI ID SWE067). It is on the New Zealand Companies Office register under NZBN 9429047178335, status Registered, registered on 2018-12-07.
- Type
- manufacturer (our classification of the record, not a statement by the company)
- Role
- Manufacturer (official record)
- Location
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Founded
- 2018 (matches the state register)
- Categories
- Wine, Beer & Spirits
- Markets
- New Zealand
Listed in a source registry
MPI public register (New Zealand Food Safety) + NZ Companies Office bulk data
What is established and what is not
No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 10 official records from 4 official sources are on file. 2 other entries are not official records: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. The manufacturing role above rests on the official records listed below, and only as far as each literally goes: a facility registration or licence is not an observation of current production. Nothing here confirms ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.
Facts on file, each with its evidence type
- No match found on the sanctions lists we checked (record type: sanctions-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public sanctions datasets and found no matching candidate. A name search is not full compliance screening. checked 2026-09-18. OpenSanctions
- No match found in the debarment registers we checked (record type: debarment-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public debarment datasets and found no matching candidate. Absence from these lists is a search result, not a certificate. checked 2026-09-18. OpenSanctions
- Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] One director named in the company register. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-10-14. New Zealand Companies Office (NZBN bulk data)
- On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 2018-12-07. Shows how long the company has been on the state register, which is hard to fake and easy to check. checked 2026-10-14. New Zealand Companies Office (NZBN bulk data)
- Main activity as recorded in the state business register (record type: registered-activity) [official record; status green] The business register records what the company is registered to do. A manufacturing code supports a maker over a trader, but it is registered activity, not an operating plant. checked 2026-09-18. https://www.nzbn.govt.nz/mynzbn/nzbndetails/9429047178335/
- Street address on file in the state register (record type: registered-address) [official record; status green] The address the company itself gave the register, so post and inspectors reach it there. checked 2026-09-18. https://www.nzbn.govt.nz/mynzbn/nzbndetails/9429047178335/
- Legally registered and still active (record type: registry-active-global) [official record; status green] Indicates the company is not dissolved or winding down. checked 2026-10-14. New Zealand Companies Office (NZBN bulk data)
- Line of business as recorded in the state register: Wine mfg (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Line of business as recorded in the state register: Wine mfg. Shows what the state itself says the company does, which you can compare with what it promises you. checked 2026-10-14. New Zealand Companies Office (NZBN bulk data)
- Site address listed in a government regulator's register (record type: facility-registered) [official record; status green] Shows the regulator records a site of this company at a named address. A registration is not an observation of current production. checked 2026-10-13. Ministry for Primary Industries (New Zealand Food Safety), public register
- Owners named in the company register (record type: ownership-on-record) [official record; status green] Names the company's owners or controllers as the register records them. checked 2026-10-14. New Zealand Companies Office (NZBN bulk data)
- Registry ID checks out with the state register (record type: registry-id-verified) [official record; status green] Helps confirm the company on this page is the same legal entity as in the register. checked 2026-10-14. Companies Register (NZBN bulk data)
- Recent annual report filed (record type: annual-return-no-accounts) [official record; status green] The company filed its annual return on time, so the register still sees an entity that meets its obligations. The annual return confirms company details, not accounts: companies of this size do not have to publish financial statements, so no figures are expected. checked 2026-10-14. New Zealand Companies Office (NZBN bulk data)
Import rules for these goods
- EU imports of food of animal origin and many other food categories must be pre-notified in TRACES and enter through border control posts. European Commission (TRACES)
- US imports require the foreign facility to be FDA-registered and the importer to run a Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). US FDA