Hemp

Kerikeri builder Doug Sturrock was looking for sustainable building materials similar to those in available in Europe, but when he couldn't find them on the New Zealand market, he decided to develop… Audio

Paul Ensor farms sheep and cattle at Glenaan Station in the Rakaia Gorge and co-owns a clothing brand that blends merino wool with hemp fibre. Audio

Isaac Beach felt like Neil Armstrong on the moon when he first stepped foot on a block of land he's now planting up with hemp. The crop is part of efforts to heal the land and involve its Māori… Video, Audio

The government is investing in Sustainable Foods, a plant based food producer on the Kapiti Coast. Justin Lemmens is co-founder and CEO of Sustainable Foods, he talks to Wallace. Audio

Former Opshop lead singer and recently-crowned Masked Singer NZ winner Jason Kerrison is reinventing his music career with the release of his lead single 'The Timing' ahead of his upcoming debut solo… Audio

CBD beauty products are being hailed as a 'beauty game-changer' overseas, but they're still illegal here.

Stacey Morrison finds out if we're missing a trick. Video, Audio

A growing number of farmers are turning over part of their land to cultivate hemp - the non-medicinal cannabis plant - since a law change in 2018 made it legal for hemp seed food products to be sold… Audio, Gallery

Reefton dairy farmers Aaron Silcock and Sarah Gibson think the future lies in hemp. Aaron is a fourth-generation dairy farmer at Larry's Creek but says he'd like to eventually put his herd into… Audio, Gallery

The government in Tonga is investigating whether to promote the growing of hemp. Audio

Dave and Anne Jordan say the world would benefit from the widespread planting and use of hemp. They have been working for more than a decade to build a hemp industry in New Zealand. Audio, Gallery

Mack was the first person to be granted a license to grow industrial hemp (iHemp) in New Zealand and is currently developing eight hemp cultivars on his farm in the Catlins. Audio

Christmas is a week away! And that means lots and loooots of rich food, which can wreak havoc on an unsuspecting stomach ... Audio, Gallery

We'll soon be able to sprinkle hemp seed onto our muesli in the mornings. MPI and the Ministry of Health have just opened public consultation on amending the laws around the sale and use of hemp seed… Audio

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… Audio

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

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