Okoia Valley Milk is a raw milk farm about ten minutes out of Whanganui, selling unpasteurised milk from a coin-operated vending machine at the farm. The farm says it produces the milk without chemicals or herbicides on its 28 hectares, and it keeps a mixed herd of Friesian, Ayrshire, Jersey and Brown Swiss cross cows.
Customers can bring their own containers or buy reusable 1 litre glass bottles at the farm. Reviews put the price at around $3 to $3.50 a litre as at 2026. The milk is full cream, and visitors describe it as rich, fresh and creamy, with cream rising to the top, which one visitor remembered from childhood. Reviews are all positive, and the milk is the main praise. Visitors also like the owners, who they describe as friendly and helpful, and one found the cows grazing out the back.
The farm was started in 2014 by Edo and Anita Mooij. In 2024 their family's next generation, Mason and Megan Mooij, moved from Putaruru to help run it, and the farm has said it is expanding into home delivery for the local community.
Our pick around Whanganui for milk with the cream still on top.