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NZHIA Member Newsletter – February/March 2025
Press Release – 21 February 2025: The Biggest Breakthrough in a Decade!
Let’s Get Regulations Changed to Allow a New Horticultural Industry. The NZHIA summer media campaign is getting results! A review of the 2006 Industrial Hemp (iHemp) regulations is being hailed as the most significant step forward for New Zealand’s iHemp industry in over a decade. Industry leaders and advocates welcome the Ministry of Regulation’s “review” of the …
NZHIA Member Newsletter – December 2024 / January 2025
NZHIA Member Newsletter – October/November 2024
The NZHIA 2024 Media Campaign – Part I: iHemp is NOT a drug!
It’s Time to Grow Up and Remove Industrial Hemp (iHemp) from the Misuse of Drugs Act (1975) and Medicines Act (1981). Industrial hemp (iHemp) offers New Zealand a significant economic and environmental opportunity, but its growth is stifled by juvenile approaches to outdated regulations. This is a call to action for the Hemp Army. For …
The NZHIA 2024/2025 Media Campaign Overview: iHemp needs to get out of MODA
The goal of the summer media campaign is for the government to announce a review of our regulations to get us out of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 (MODA). We are not a drug crop, we are just another arable and horticultural primary industry. Our goal is to have a review of our regulations …
The NZHIA 2024 Media Campaign – Part II : Lets get regulations changed to allow a new horticultural industry!
The 2006 iHemp regulations must be reviewed to ensure we have an enabled and thriving industry. To grow, we need regulations that work for farmers, businesses, and investors. iHemp will help double New Zealand’s export value by 2030 and establish a new and complementary vertical primary industry for Aotearoa/New Zealand, but right now we can’t …