Westland Milk Products
West Coast New Zealand dairy ingredients, owned by Yili Group.
Westland Milk Products is a New Zealand dairy manufacturer owned by Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group, processing milk from West Coast, South Island farms into whole-milk powder, skim-milk powder, butter, cream powder, and specialty dairy ingredients at its Hokitika plant. The company collects from more than 400 West Coast dairy farms, processing approximately 700 million litres of milk per year, and exports bulk dairy commodity and value-added ingredients primarily to China, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East under its parent company's supply-chain arrangements. Westland is one of New Zealand's most remote dairy-processing operations, serving the pastoral farming communities of the Southern Alps coastline.
- Type
- Manufacturer
- Location
- Hokitika, New Zealand
- Founded
- 1937
- Website
- westland.co.nz
- Categories
- Pantry & Dry Goods, Specialty & Gourmet Food, Dairy Products
- Markets
- New Zealand, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates
Verified facts
- registered-address (green), checked 2026-08-24 https://www.nzbn.govt.nz/mynzbn/nzbndetails/9429040276236/
- debarment-clear (green), checked 2026-08-12 OpenSanctions
- sanctions-clear (green), checked 2026-08-12 OpenSanctions
- registry-active-global (green), checked 2026-08-21 New Zealand Companies Office (NZBN bulk data)
- registered-since (green), checked 2026-08-21 New Zealand Companies Office (NZBN bulk data)
- directors-on-file (green), checked 2026-08-21 New Zealand Companies Office (NZBN bulk data)
- registry-id-verified (green), checked 2026-08-21 Companies Register (NZBN bulk data)
Claimed certifications
- FSSC 22000, Food Safety System IAF CertSearch
- ISO 22000, Food Safety IAF CertSearch
- Halal Certified
- HACCP
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