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NZHIA Member Newsletter – February/March 2025
Historic Milestone: MPs and Officials Visit Aotearoa’s Industrial Hemp Fields
Government Engages with Industrial Hemp Industry in Historic Canterbury Visit. MPs and officials discuss regulatory reform, economic opportunities, and full-plant utilisation for the future of Aotearoa’s industrial hemp industry. In a landmark event, Members of Parliament and government officials have stepped into the heart of the country’s industrial hemp (iHemp) sector on March 24, 2025. This first-of-its-kind …
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New Zealand a significant economic and environmental opportunity, but its growth is stifled by juvenile approaches to outdated regulations.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 …