A group of Bay of Islands College students, members of the school's fledgling TeenAg club, were guests on the Far North farm that is the first in Northland to boast a fresh raw milk vending machine.
Bevan and Joanna Taylor's Longhill Farms, south of Kawakawa, will calve 220 cows this spring.
The herd is milked once a day all season, and supplies Fonterra, but a smaller mob, currently numbering 13, is milked separately to supply a raw milk dispenser on the property.
"It's the first fresh raw milk vending machine in Northland, and has been in operation since mid-May," Mr Taylor said.
"We have previously done home deliveries of raw milk. This option is a lot less labour-intensive."