Maketū Pies is being put up for sale after Montana Group proposes closing its ageing Maketū factory, where the company produces the iconic Kiwi brand. The business owner says the factory lease is ending, while other reporting cites Montana’s position that continued production in Maketū is no longer viable.
Montana Group says production at the site has more than doubled since it bought the Maketū Pies brand, but the factory has reached capacity and the lease expires in December. Stuff reports that the potential closure would put 21 jobs at risk, framing the move as an operational and workforce issue as well as a commercial one. In contrast, NZ Herald focuses more directly on the immediate cause—an ending lease—and the resulting sale.
Across outlets, the central points are that the lease expiry drives the sale process, and Montana’s planned closure is linked to capacity constraints at the existing factory. Different outlets vary mainly in emphasis: job impacts and performance claims versus the lease and sale as the immediate headline development.
