At Mount Eliza Cheese, we have created a small artisan creamery where we specialise in making traditional hard rinded cheeses.  They are hand made in an open vat and cloth bound, then matured for up to a year or longer.

Chris Whalley, originally from Cheshire, worked as an industrial chemist before training as a cheese maker in the UK.  Looking for a change of lifestyle, he moved back to NZ in 2006 with his family, NZ wife, Jill and children Rebecca and Owen. The family bought 10 acres of land near Katikati, and Mount Eliza Cheese was established in 2007.