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The New Zealand Ice Cream Manufacturers'
Association (Inc.) (NZICMA) represents New Zealand's manufacturing
ice cream industry.
Membership is made up of Manufacturers and also Associate
Members,
who are suppliers of products and services to the ice cream industry.
The NZICMA also has Life Members who have all been long standing
members and contributed significantly to the Association.
See the Member Companies page
for a full list of our members.
The NZICMA maintains an Executive Office in Wellington to carry
out administrative functions, represent the industry to Government
and Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), and to provide
a liaison with associated industries and organisations.
The NZICMA
is also a member of the Food Industry Forum and the Dairy Product
Safety Advisory Council (DPSAC).
The Association holds an annual Conference, and runs the annual
New Zealand Ice Cream Awards in conjunction with the annual Conference.
The Association operates Executive and Technical committees to
address membership and industry issues.
Annual Conference: The NZICMA holds its members'
conference and AGM once a year, at venues rotating around the
country.
The Association's 93rd Annual Conference will be held
on 4 November 2020 at the Cordis
Hotel, Auckland.
 MEMBERS:
Conference details, Programme, buy tickets and book accommodation
online NOW
New Zealand Ice Cream Awards: The
New Zealand Ice Cream Awards are held in conjunction
with the NZICMA Annual Conference each
year, with Awards presentations taking place at the Conference
Dinner on the Wednesday evening, ie., this year, 4 November
2020 at the Cordis Hotel, Auckland.
 RESULTS
from the 2019 New Zealand Ice Cream Awards.
Industry standards: The NZICMA played
an important role in the development of the Guidelines
for the development
of a
Food Safety Programme
or a
Risk Management
Programme
for
Ice Cream (previously
known as the Code
of Practice for the manufacture and supply of ice cream),
put together by a Working Group with input from MPI (NZFSA), MoH,
FSANZ and the ice cream industry.
As of December 2012, the Guidelines
... for Ice Cream document is now administered
by the NZICMA.
These Guidelines are an important step forward in the
application of
modern
techniques
to the management
of food safety.
More ...
Recording the History of Ice Cream in New Zealand
The NZICMA has commissioned Shona McCahon, an oral historian,
to record a series
of
interviews with ice cream industry identities,
to
capture some of the fascinating history, photos,
memories and memorabilia.
The Association has also produced a written History
of Ice Cream in New Zealand,
and published it here on this website. Personal and public collections and newspaper
archives have been supplemented by material from the NZICMA's own archives, including
issues
of its
trade journal, The Frostee Digest, published from 1941
to 1972.
In
January
1866,
Mr
James
Osgood,
proprietor
of
the Empire Hotel in Wellington, proudly announced the arrival of ice, imported
all
the way
from
Wenham
Lake,
Massachusetts, USA, allowing him to offer ice cream on his lunch menu.
 More
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Photo: Ice cream carton, Crystal Ice Co Ltd, Dunedin. From
the collection of Owaka Museum Wahi Kahuika The Meeting Place "a
rest on your journey". |
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 The
New Zealand Ice Cream Manufacturers Association was incorporated
in 1927 - first members at that first meeting were W.A. Fisher,
Frozen Products, Wellington; P.H. Ferguson, Robinson Ice Cream
Co., Auckland; and H. Turner, Crystal Ice Cream, Dunedin.
The first Chairman and President was H. Turner.
More...
Pen Moore - fifty years of service
Pen Moore, who was Executive Secretary of the NZICMA for 50 years , retired from
his position at the 76th Annual General Meeting and Conference held in Invercargill,
June 2003.
A vote of thanks was given to Pen by Ray O'Connor of Tip Top Ice Cream
for his service and dedication to the Ice Cream Association and industry over
that period.
The Association presented Pen with a painting depicting Durville (the French
Explorer) on his voyage to the Antartic, painted by his official artist on board.
Photo: Pen, left, is presented with his painting by Brian Simon and John Murphy,
on behalf of the Association. |
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Kay McMath
 (2020)
Murray Taylor
 (2009)
Murray Taylor was President of the Association from 1984-1986, and
a long-standing
member and chairman of the Technical Committee. Murray was responsible
for developing the Ice Cream Industry’s own Code of Practice,
and has contributed enormously to the research and development of
the New Zealand ice cream industry. He is often called “Mister
Ice Cream”.
Murray was Managing Director of New American Ice Cream, MD of United
Dairy Foods, then Technical Manager for Fonterra Brands (Tip Top).
He is currently a Director of OOB Ice Cream Ltd and involved with
manufacturing organic ice cream.
John Murphy
 (2004)
Life membership was conferred on John Murphy for his tremendous efforts
and contribution to the industry through a difficult time affecting
the survival of the Association and industry. John had been President
for two terms (1994-1998) so he could finalise the harmonisation
of Ice Cream Standards with the New Zealand Government and Australian
Authorities. He was also instrumental in implementing the first New
Zealand Ice Cream Awards competition.
John owned New Zealand Ice Cream Company Ltd, formerly Mel-O-Rich Products Ltd,
which was based in Wellington.
Brian & Jeanette Simon
Brian (2003) and Jeanette Simon (2003 to 2020) were awarded Life
Membership for their long association and contribution to the industry.
Their
company,
Deep
South Ltd, operated plants in Invercargill and in Christchurch, the
only manufacturer, besides Tip Top, with two plants.
Brian's father was also an ice cream manufacturer and Brian joined
the family business, Newjoy Ice Cream in Dunedin, at 15 and worked
there for 10 years. He then went farming for a few years and in 1963,
with his wife Jeanette, founded the Manda Ice Cream Company in Invercargill
which in 1979 became the Deep South Ice Cream Company. Brian was
President of the Association from 1986-1988.
Pen Moore
 (1995) Pen Moore was appointed Executive Secretary of the NZICMA in 1953, and
was awarded life membership for his service and dedication to the Ice Cream Association
and industry. Pen retired from his position at the 76th Annual General Meeting
and Conference held in Invercargill, June 2003, after 50 years of service.
Owen Norton
 (1992) Owen Norton, of Westland Snowflake Ice Cream Ltd in Greymouth,
had worked continuously for the Association for over 30 years, and
had
been a very valuable ally of the industry. At one stage, when the
Association was in peril of dissolving, Owen, together with Bob Fyfe,
was responsible for ensuring the Association continued to exist.
Owen was President of the Association from 1972-1977.
Bob Fyfe
 (1983
to 2017) After 25 years of dedicated service to the industry Bob
Fyfe was awarded Life Membership. The strength of the Association
owed
much
to Bob's interest and dedication, and his consideration and understanding
of the problems of all manufacturers irrespective of their size.
Bob had been a member of General Foods Corporation (NZ) Ltd and was
President of the Association from 1979-1982.
Photo: Three Life Members, Owen Norton, Bob
Fyfe and Pen Moore, together at the 2002 NZICMA Conference dinner. |
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Executive Committee:
Alejandro (Alex) Gimenez (President)
Patagonia Chocolates
(03) 409 8584
Mike Brown (Vice-President)
Appleby Farms
021 433 442
Jenny
de Lisle (Secretary)
NZICMA
Tel: (04)
385 1410
Marcus Moore
Much Moore Ice Cream Company Ltd
Tel: (09)
441 8210
Ben Schurr
Tip Top Ice Cream Company Ltd
Tel: (09) 573 7200
Technical Committee:
Kristy Giles (Chair)
Appleby Farms
Tel: 027 4593 113
Hayden Lomax
Hawkins Watts Ltd
Tel: (09) 622 2720
Ashleigh Hancock
Deep South Ice Cream
Tel: 03 349 0994
Esraa El Shall
Tip Top Ice Cream Company Ltd
Tel: 09 573 7054 |
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