Australia's growing manuka honey industry

It's a trans-Tasman battle over a name - in a growing industry worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Image: Image of a bee and manuka tree (SBS)

Larawan: Larawan ng isang bubuyog at puno ng manuka Source: SBS

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.

Rena Sarumpaet reports.