Hemp
Hemp Harvesting
North Island hemp farmer Dave Jordon says in the future there will be thousands of hectares of industrial hemp grown on farms around New Zealand. This year he hopes to get about 10 tons of hemp stalk…
AudioThe good oil on hemp
Plant Culture founder Cameron Sims works with farmers in Ashburton to produce premium hemp seed products. It's time Kiwis got into this superfood, he says. Audio
Police pay thousands after destroying legal hemp crop
The Police will be reimbursing a legal hemp grower after destroying an estimated $16,000-worth of plants. Just one day after the government took the first step to open up the gates for the medical… Audio
Police apologise after seizing legal cannabis
An East Coast hemp grower has had his crop destroyed by police after they mistook his plants for illicit cannabis.
Panapa Ehau: the business of fungi, kanuka, kina and hemp
Hikurangi Enterprises recently harvested its first crop of industrial hemp and is carrying out R and D on a local fungi, kanuka and kina. Panapa Ehau is its managing director and he tells Wallace the… Audio
Hemp seeds get green light
The consumption of hemp seeds has been given the go-ahead in New Zealand and Australia under a new agreement.
Hikurangi's hemp ready to harvest
Hikurangi Enterprises' hemp trial is ready for harvest, and this Friday the Ruatoria community can come and smell, touch and smoke the plant, and learn what it's all about. Audio
Hemp dogs
The New Zealand Government has loosened restrictions on access to medical cannabis recently. The Australian Federal Government is moving to loosen laws around importation, and the state of Victoria is… Audio
What's next for hemp?
With the path being eased on patients getting access to medical cannabis prescriptions here, what is the story with hemp? Currently hemp is grown here under strict licensing and only its plant fibre… Audio
Hemp industry ready for law change
The hemp industry is ready to cash in if New Zealand and Australian food regulators decide to allow the sale of hemp seed food products.
Push to allow hemp based foods in NZ
You can smoke as much hemp as you like but it won't get you high. So says the local hemp industry, who say it's time New Zealand made the most of our ideal growing conditions for the plant, and the… Audio
Hemp goes mainstream
How hemp is confronting its image problem and entering the mainstream food industry. With Matthew Boyle, who writes about the global food industry for Bloomberg Businessweek. Audio
