Membership

Introduction

At MIA our role is to pursue the interests of members, with a clear focus to grow the volume and value of New Zealand’s sheep and beef exports.

It is this clarity of purpose that has attracted significant interest from industry, and MIA now represents 99 percent of processors, exporters, and marketers. In turn, our ability to deliver on our purpose relies on our ability to engage with our members, ensuring that we bring operational understanding and real world outcomes when engaging in policy debates.

At MIA we regularly publish a range of governance documents, reports, and exclusive content for our members (and their staff) via Microsoft Teams. If you are an MIA member, and would like to access this information, please email info@mia.co.nz to request a logon.

Become a member

As a voluntary trade organisation, MIA membership is open to post-farm gate companies directly engaged in the processing, exporting and marketing of red meat.

Membership is also opened to a broader range of companies who have ancillary interests in the red meat sector through our Affiliate Membership channel, adding a depth of expertise to our organistion that spans the meat supply chain.

Members receive:

• Free access to a team of highly specialised policy, regulatory and advocacy professionals.
• Free access to and the ability to contribute to submissions to the government on legislation, policy and regulations of interest or concern to the industry
• Free access to regular updates published by MIA on industry issues
• Free access to reports and industry analyses
• Free access to the members only content, including publications, briefings and seminars
• Discounted registration fees for the annual Red Meat Sector Conference.

Our members

There are three different types of membership of MIA:

1. Processor membership. This is for companies that process meat. The fees for processor members are based on the volume of stock they slaughter.
2. Exporter membership. This is for companies that only export meat (but do not have processing operations). The annual subscription for an exporter member is $3,150 + gst, and the MIA financial year runs from 1 July to 30 June.   (To be an exporter member, you must be registered as a meat exporter with MPI)
3. Affiliate membership. This is for companies or organisations that provide services or products to the industry, such as road transporters, shipping lines, ports and packaging firms. The annual fee for an affiliate member is $2,538 + gst.

Download a membership application form

MIA members can be found here