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Bulk Mānuka Honey – Should it Stay, or Should it Go?
With bulk monofloral mānuka honey exports hitting record levels in 2024, we talk to a range of honey producers, packers and exporters to...
Patrick Dawkins
Mar 47 min read


Mānuka Charitable Trust Moves Towards a New Trademark for Honey and Oil
A seemingly sidelined player in the shakeup of industry representation in recent months, the Mānuka Charitable Trust (MCT) held a...
Patrick Dawkins
Mar 44 min read


What is Mānuka Charitable Trust’s Role in the Industry Restructure?
Mānuka Charitable Trust has been called the “national guardian” of mānuka. So, what role have they been playing in industry restructuring...
Patrick Dawkins
Jan 33 min read


Mānuka Honey: What Went Wrong? And a Road to Recovery
Mānuka honey pioneer Phil Caskey shares his vision for a better UMF™ brand and a better mānuka honey industry...
Phil Caskey
Dec 2, 202410 min read


NZ Honey Industry "In Deep Crisis for Survival", Comvita Tells Shareholder Meeting
The New Zealand honey industry is in "deep crisis for survival", stabilisation will take "several years", the United States has overtaken...
Bruce Roscoe
Nov 2, 20242 min read


The Honey in the Sheds, and the Sword of Damocles
While the New Zealand Honey industry bandies about vast ranges for potential honey inventory volumes, Bruce Roscoe explores how...
Bruce Roscoe
Oct 3, 202410 min read


The Landmine Landscape of Honey Company Mergers and Acquisitions
Writer, former securities analyst, and honey trader Bruce Roscoe reviews the 'landmine landscape' of an industry where investors fear to...
Bruce Roscoe
Aug 2, 202413 min read


Mānuka Health Ads Draw Ire
A social media advertising campaign from major mānuka honey producer, packer and exporter Mānuka Health which unfavourably compares...
Patrick Dawkins
Mar 2, 20242 min read


Anger and Frustration in Northland at Mānuka Honey Reassessment
Northland beekeepers are angry and frustrated over what they see as a drawn-out and “secretive” process which lacked Māori involvement...
Patrick Dawkins
Jul 3, 20238 min read


Setback on Home Soil – ‘Manuka Honey’ Trademark Denied in NZ
It was seen as the opportunity to get New Zealand’s Manuka Honey trademark bid back on course, but a ruling by the Intellectual Property...
Patrick Dawkins
May 31, 20237 min read


The IPONZ Mānuka Decision and Next Steps
It might be time to pick up the phone to Australia and talk Manuka Honey opines Ian Fletcher, a former advisor to the NZ trademark efforts.
Ian Fletcher
May 31, 20235 min read


Quarterly Honey Market Chat - February '23
A new section where honey buyers offer their commentary on the markets, and where honey producers and buyers can connect...
Patrick Dawkins
Mar 4, 20236 min read


To Bee or Not to Bee – DOC’s Dilemma
The Department of Conservation oversees approximately 8-million hectares of New Zealand’s land, much of it valuable for the purpose of...
Dave Black
Nov 3, 202212 min read


Commitment to Supply
Establishing the willingness of beekeepers to commit a regular supply of honey for bulk export to an offshore joint venture partner is...
Patrick Dawkins
Oct 3, 20213 min read


Manuka Market Insights
An on-stage discussion between international honey marketing experts at the Apiculture New Zealand conference in June gave beekeepers in...
Patrick Dawkins
Aug 3, 20215 min read
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