Meet our founder, Nicki Peek. Growing up on a Wildlife Sanctuary in Africa, with a father who dedicated his life to conservation, Nicki always knew she would follow in his footsteps.
 
Nicki eventually made her way to New Zealand, and contributed to local conservation efforts at any opportunity. After learning about the plight of bees worldwide, she completed a beekeeping course and spent winters travelling to remote areas of Mānuka bushland, meticulously checking beehives to make sure the queen and worker bees were healthy. She immersed herself in the magical world of bees and hasn’t looked back.

Honuka was born in the middle of a global pandemic, using sustainably sourced Mānuka honey from rural landowners around New Zealand. With a heightened focus on health and wellbeing, Nicki searched the world over for science-based supplements that would not only be good for her but for the planet, too, and collaborated with Oxford, Harvard and Caltech scientists to create Lypearl, liposomal vitamin infused Mānuka honey, providing gentle yet powerful immune support.