Bay of Plenty Times
  • Bay of Plenty Times home
  • Latest news
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Death notices
  • Classifieds

Subscriptions

  • Herald Premium
  • Viva Premium
  • The Listener
  • BusinessDesk

Sections

  • Latest news
  • On The Up
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
    • All Property
    • Residential property listings
  • Rural
    • All Rural
    • Dairy farming
    • Sheep & beef farming
    • Horticulture
    • Animal health
    • Rural business
    • Rural life
    • Rural technology
  • Sport

Locations

  • Coromandel & Hauraki
  • Katikati
  • Tauranga
  • Mount Maunganui
  • Pāpāmoa
  • Te Puke
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua

Media

  • Video
  • Photo galleries
  • Today's Paper - E-Editions
  • Photo sales
  • Classifieds

Weather

  • Thames
  • Tauranga
  • Whakatāne
  • Rotorua

NZME Network

  • Advertise with NZME
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • BusinessDesk
  • Newstalk ZB
  • Sunlive
  • ZM
  • The Hits
  • Coast
  • Radio Hauraki
  • The Alternative Commentary Collective
  • Gold
  • Flava
  • iHeart Radio
  • Hokonui
  • Radio Wanaka
  • iHeartCountry New Zealand
  • Restaurant Hub
  • NZME Events

SubscribeSign In
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Home / Bay of Plenty Times

Brewing giant Lion New Zealand partners with Tauranga kombucha company

Bay of Plenty Times
2 Nov, 2017 08:32 PM3 mins to read

Subscribe to listen

Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.
Already a subscriber?  Sign in here

Listening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech.
‌
Save

    Share this article

Good Buzz Brewing Co relocated to Tauranga from Wellington earlier this year. Three of the owners are (from left) Richard Gatward, Amber Campbell and Alex Campbell. Photo/John Borren

Good Buzz Brewing Co relocated to Tauranga from Wellington earlier this year. Three of the owners are (from left) Richard Gatward, Amber Campbell and Alex Campbell. Photo/John Borren

Tauranga-based Good Buzz Beverage Co is being backed by brewing giant Lion New Zealand, entering a partnership with the kombucha company to take it to the next level.

Lion New Zealand has become a 25 per cent shareholder in Tauranga-based Good Buzz Beverage Co, which specialises in crafted kombucha.

The company started in Wellington in 2014, moving its operation to Tauranga earlier this year. It is now in more than 600 stockists around the country.

Lion New Zealand's managing director Rory Glass said in a press release health and wellbeing was a big focus for its customers so it was "delighted" to add kombucha to its non-alcoholic portfolio.

"And we're particularly excited about helping them unlock the opportunity to tap into the on-premise market," he said.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"Just as Lion once was, Good Buzz Beverage Co is a little Kiwi company with some big dreams, and our partnership will help them scale up to the next level."

Good Buzz started in a small, shared facility in Wainuiomata and now has a range of seven flavours.

Glass said kombucha had seen massive growth worldwide and was poised to take off in New Zealand.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

"We surveyed the market and Good Buzz kombucha was the stand-out offering. We were looking for a naturally fermented probiotic product, but just as importantly it had to taste great too. Good Buzz ticks all those boxes."

As part of the new partnership and shareholding, Lion's business development director Scott Wright will join the Good Buzz board.

The company shared their excitement about the partnership on Facebook yesterday.

"We were absolutely blown away to have an iconic Kiwi company like Lion take notice of our hard work and are thrilled to be entering into this mutually beneficial partnership as they grow their non-alcoholic portfolio," the company's Facebook post said.

"We've put it all on the line as a family and as a business to do something we love, produce a product we're proud of - and one that you enjoy - and now with this partnership, we're ready to take it next level so we can grow and show folks what a couple of crazy kids from Tauranga can do."

Founders Alex and Amber Campbell started the company after spending 14 years in the United States.

Mrs Campbell is the chief "boochmaster", using a culture first brewed with by Alex's grandmother in the 1970s in Kaikohe.

Mr Campbell is managing director. He has business and logistical experience from tours with the United States military in Iraq and Afghanistan and also had a software career in Silicon Valley.

Investors Richard and Wendy Gatward joined the company in 2016.

Good Buzz relocated to Tauranga to help meet increasing demand for their products.

Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Mr Campbell told the Bay of Plenty Times in June it had gone from bottling 30,000 kombucha drinks in the capital to 100,000 - with the capacity to hit 700,000.

Pure Bottling NZ which was on the same street had provided premises and was bottling for Good Buzz.

Save

    Share this article

Latest from Bay of Plenty Times

Sport

'My moment': NZ-born boxer becomes first Māori to be crowned undisputed world champ

12 Jul 03:58 AM
Bay of Plenty Times

Puchner makes history with silver at U23 canoe slalom world titles

12 Jul 03:37 AM
Bay of Plenty Times

One taken to Tauranga Hospital after SH29 crash

12 Jul 02:27 AM

From early mornings to easy living

sponsored
Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Bay of Plenty Times

'My moment': NZ-born boxer becomes first Māori to be crowned undisputed world champ

'My moment': NZ-born boxer becomes first Māori to be crowned undisputed world champ

12 Jul 03:58 AM

In her debut at Madison Square Garden, the 30-year-old produced a 'total beatdown'.

Puchner makes history with silver at U23 canoe slalom world titles

Puchner makes history with silver at U23 canoe slalom world titles

12 Jul 03:37 AM
One taken to Tauranga Hospital after SH29 crash

One taken to Tauranga Hospital after SH29 crash

12 Jul 02:27 AM
Landslide sparks evacuations, roads closed, homes flooded after storm

Landslide sparks evacuations, roads closed, homes flooded after storm

12 Jul 12:43 AM
Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky
sponsored

Solar bat monitors uncover secrets of Auckland’s night sky

NZ Herald
  • About NZ Herald
  • Meet the journalists
  • Newsletters
  • Classifieds
  • Help & support
  • Contact us
  • House rules
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of use
  • Competition terms & conditions
  • Our use of AI
Subscriber Services
  • Bay of Plenty Times e-edition
  • Manage your print subscription
  • Manage your digital subscription
  • Subscribe to Herald Premium
  • Subscribe to the Bay of Plenty Times
  • Gift a subscription
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Subscription terms & conditions
  • Promotions and subscriber benefits
NZME Network
  • Bay of Plenty Times
  • The New Zealand Herald
  • The Northland Age
  • The Northern Advocate
  • Waikato Herald
  • Rotorua Daily Post
  • Hawke's Bay Today
  • Whanganui Chronicle
  • Viva
  • NZ Listener
  • Newstalk ZB
  • BusinessDesk
  • OneRoof
  • Driven Car Guide
  • iHeart Radio
  • Restaurant Hub
NZME
  • About NZME
  • NZME careers
  • Advertise with NZME
  • Digital self-service advertising
  • Book your classified ad
  • Photo sales
  • NZME Events
  • © Copyright 2025 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP