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Australia's growing manuka honey industry

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Image of a bee and manuka tree Source: SBS

It's a trans-Tasman battle over a name - in a growing industry worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year. New Zealand honey producers are seeking exclusive marketing rights over the word "manuka". But now, Australia's manuka industry is co-ordinating its fight-back, by forming a new peak body, and recruiting scientists to their cause.


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By Rena Sarumpaet, Amir Bukic

Source: SBS




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It's a trans-Tasman battle over a name - in a growing industry worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year. New Zealand honey producers are seeking exclusive marketing rights over the word "manuka". But now, Australia's manuka industry is co-ordinating its fight-back, by forming a new peak body, and recruiting scientists to their cause.



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