Heke Homemade Herbals

LATEST NEWS

We are away until Sept 23rd foraging in the deep South Island.

+Last day for orders is Tues Aug 26th. Courier or PickUp til Aug 29th+ 

Website will be open after that date to place orders while we're away but NO SHIPPING or PICKUP until Sept 24th. Then we're back to daily as usual. 

Nelson Market Aug 23rd, 30th then not til Sept 27th

MARKETS

The EXTRA annual Spring/Summer/Autumn Markets we'll be at: Ngatimoti Festival Sun Oct 26th; Hanmer Springs Fete Sat Nov 1st; Hanmer Village Market Sun Nov 2nd; Garden Marlborough Garden Fete Sun Nov 9th; Great Christmas Market Nelson Sun Nov 23rd;  Misteltoe Market Blenheim Sat Dec 6th; Riwaka Market Fri Jan 2nd; Martinborough Fair Sat March 7th; Newtown Festival Sun March 8th...and nearly every Saturday at The Nelson Market

Check Facebook Page for all updates/changes..

Why Choose Us?

We use Certified Organic (imported), Organically-grown (NZ), Spray-free (NZ) and Certified Wild-Crafted (NZ) herbs and spices.

Our teas are lovingly created in Nelson in small batches and blended for wellness benefits. Top quality teas at affordable prices. .

I LOVE Heke Homemade Herbal teas! Emma is helpful, knowledgeable and is a pleasure to deal with. The sleep tea has changed my life because instead of tossing and turning like I always did I now drift off easily every night ( this sounds like an infomercial but it has really worked). My partner is now converted to Sleep tea as well and so I make a pot for us to share every night. Could not recommend more highly !

Sharyn Croft
Happy Customer

About Us

Emma Heke

The Tea Lady

Our Story began with a Love of Tea and a Loathe of Lawnmowing! 

This NZ Life magazine article tells Our Story during the first few years. Just Copy/Paste the URL below in your Search Engine.

https://thisnzlife.co.nz/nelson-gardener-emma-heke-is-brewing-a-strong-herbal-tea-business/ from 2017

Heke Homemade Herbals expanded to create over 70 different blends, supplying  retailers throughout NZ and graduated from Facebook Messenger sales to this website. Won Silver Medals at the Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards in 2019 (Awake & Aware) and 2020 (Soothe).

We still make small, hand-crafted batches and package the Teas ourselves but have moved out of home and into two custom-made cabins on the property. I now 'go to work' (down 5 steps and around the corner, lol). As well as the Tea Blends on this website I also create teas for Corporate Gift Baskets, Wellness Centres, Retreats, Cafes, Hairdressers, Gift Shops, Organic shops, Boutique Accommodation and other NZ Businesses.

The best place to keep up to date with all things Heke Homemade Herbals is our facebook page. You can DM me questions there and I'll answer them myself. Not a chatbot in site!

I love creating tea blends and connecting with customers. Still passionate about what I do 10+ years on. Keeping our Teas full of flavour, colour, texture and wellness benefits through using top quality organic herbs, and absolutely no additives, is where it's at for me.

Stockists

North Island Stockists:

RAGLAN Raglan Botanicals (pkts)

CAMBRIDGE Fill Good (bulk)

ROTORUA The Health Shop (pkts)

NAPIER Chantal shop (pkts)

MASTERTON Bin Inn (pkts)

WHANGANUI The Studio Sam Su'a (drink)

South Island Stockists:

NELSON Bodywise Health Shop (bulk)

Nelson Wellness Centre (bulk/pkts)

Nelson Airport Retail Store (pkts)

East Street Café (drink)

Renaissance Organic Hair salon (drink)

Peak View Retreat (drink)

Wakatu Food Club (bulk/pkts)

MAPUA Mapua Fruit n Vege (pkts)

MOTUEKA Greenworld Health  (pkts)

LYTTELTON Henry's Trading

DUNEDIN Grid Coffee Roasters  (bulk/pkts)

PORT CHALMERS 2gypsies (pkts)

We also make blends for: Charity Tea, Herbal Healing, Native Junkie and others.

We created the recipes for HAAKAA line of lactation teas.