Iona Dairy is a Taranaki icon because they serve more than 150,000 scoops of ice cream a year. They also boast some of the biggest ice cream servings in the Southern Hemisphere.

Whether you are a local or just visiting, it's always worth stopping in for an ice cream with the kids, no matter what the temperature.

They are regularly voted as one of the top five places to eat ice cream nationwide.

Products and specialities

Locally owned dairy - this place is well-known all over New Zealand for its ice creams.

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The Iona Dairy is THE place to go for the biggest an best ice creams in town. I love to get a waffle cone (which only costs a little bit extra) and have a scoop of salted caramel ice-cream, with a scoop of mint chocolate chip ice-cream, you wouldn’t think they would go together but they totally do! You literally only need some spare change to get a massive treat to curb your sweet tooth!

Iona Dairy ice creams are world famous in Taranaki! Known as the biggest ice creams in town, there's always a big line on a hot summer day

Iona Dairy is the very epitome of ice cream heaven. From the outside it may look like your average run-of-the-mill dairy, but inside it has many different flavours; some that I’ve never even heard of before! My favourite will always be Cookies & Cream, but they have a Maple flavour that I tried not too long ago and I thought I had found a new love! The value for money is really worth it, the ice cream really gets packed on top of the cone!

This dairy has the best ice creams available in New Plymouth, ask anyone around and they will agree with me. It gives frozen yoghurt shops a run for their money with so many flavours to choose from! Any they are amazingly cheap as well, you could get a single, double or even triple scoop with chocolate sauce on top, the possibilities are endless!