Food and nutrition has been in the Raisey family blood for nearly a century. It's just what we do.

So has playing sport and living an active, healthy lifestyle. It made perfect sense then, to combine the two and bring you Raisey's Original Sports & Lifestyle Nutrition. 

What started as a casual comment between a father and son, has become a reality and a passion. From humble beginnings in a small kitchen to a brand new purpose built blending studio, we have developed, and continue to develop, our range of high performance but down-to-earth nutrition products we are proud to offer to you. It's OUR family name, so that's YOUR guarantee of a quality product, at a fair price with friendly personal service.  

We do things a little different here at Raiseys Original. Every batch is made with love and care here in sunny Napier, New Zealand. Our ingredients come from trusted sources and we are very proud to say the whey protein we use is from grass fed happy, healthy, free roaming local cows. It's the best protein you can get anywhere in the world. 

 

"Traditional principles like quality, value and service are what we are building this brand on." 

  

 

Darryl Raisey
Founder

Darryl has been working and excelling in the food and proteins industry for 40+ years and is our formulation wizard and trouble shooting maestro. There really is nothing he can't fix. He was the founder of Bacon & Smallgoods HB Ltd which eventually became Medallion Foods and one of NZs biggest bacon companies. Darryl has extensive knowledge and experience right across the food industry and has always been innovative with his ideas. He is a fine engineer also and custom makes most of our machinery to suit our needs exactly and has always been a bit of a “backyard" inventor/scientist hence some of our products are a bit different to some other brands.  Darryl has always stood for Quality, Value and Service and these are the principles that we are building this business on also. Darryl was a keen race car driver and held local hillclimb records in his Mini in the late 60s (one stood for 20+ years) and he was more than handy on the squash court. His pride and joy is his AMG A45 Mercedes Benz and his spare time is usually taken up with doing something “in the shed”, "around the house", or just relaxing "on the couch" (and he’s a great cook!).

Kane Raisey
Director, Website, Shop, Despatch
Ph: 027 453 1706

Kane is a native of Napier and was often in and around local gyms as a youngster. Having local legends and World Championship Powerlifters Derek and Wayne Pomana (who are still Raiseys customers) at the local gym just developed his interest in fitness even more. Kane played Rugby Union for Knottingley when in England and Rugby League for Pakuranga Jaguars in the Auckland OAR competition. He had a successful motor racing career, winning twice, and placing 2nd three times in various NZ Championships, regularly beating racers who are now NZ/Aust household names. To keep fit, Kane swings kettle bells around and walks up and down a few hills around Napier. He is a guitarist in a Napier originals band called Awarewolves and is also slightly obsessed with loud things like motorcycles and of course guitars.

Aaron Raisey
B.IT: Director, Production
Ph: NZ +64 27 522 2021

Aaron lived in South Korea for more than a decade and maintains strong ties to the Korean Peninsula. A keen football player in his youth, Aaron represented Hawkes Bay at age group level and rekindled his enthusiasm while in Korea, representing FFC Jinju for several years. His current areas of interest are closer to home. He enjoys sim racing, regularly competing in an international league, as well as growing his collection of first edition science fiction novels. Aaron has a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology and has been an engineer, software architect and a teacher in previous lives. If you want to talk manufacturing and production, Aaron is the guy to speak to.

Aman Bali
MBM, BCom - Chief Executive Officer. Sales, Marketing and Strategies.
Ph: +64 21 184 4085

Aman joined Raiseys early in 2016 and quickly became an integral member of our team and family business. He has an acute business mind and focus and has already added massive value to our business, spearheading our rebrand and product formulation updates, undertaking market research in NZ and India and working to open doors for Raiseys throughout Asia and Australia. His energy, passion and drive have been very important to the Raisey’s business and brand as we evolve and introduce new products and concepts. Aman has many interests including watching documentaries, playing cricket, workout out in the gym, travelling and it seems he never sleeps! He also studied at the Delhi College of Arts and Commerce and at Waikato University and has achieved remarkable academic success both here in New Zealand and in his home country India, crowning it off by winning an International MBM "Dragons Den" competition, showcasing his strategic skills and relating them to the health and fitness industry. If you need to to talk to someone at Raiseys about anything sales related the Aman is the guy to talk to.