NZ Hemp Industries Association Inc, 1997
Promoting the Economic, Environmental, Health & Social Benefits of a New Zealand Hemp Industry

Public Newsletter for September and October 2018

In this issue:

• Hemp seed food is happening 12 November 2018

• Issue 2 – October NZHIA Public magazine 

• Events and iHemp Press Articles

Hemp seed food will be legal on 12 November 2018

• Government press release – Hemp seed can now be sold as food

• Hemp seed as a food – Analysis of submissions and Government response

• Newshub reports “Government declares hemp seed “safe to eat”

The Government has changed the rules around hemp seed so that it’s treated as just another food – a move which aims to “stimulate regional economies”.

He said the move is “great news for the hemp industry, which has argued for decades that the production of hemp seed foods will stimulate regional economies, create jobs and generate $10-20 million of export revenue within 3 to 5 years”.

More information available at:

• MPI  – Hemp seed as food

• MOH – Information about using low-THC hemp seed as food, the review of current legislation and public consultation.

The second issue of the “New” look NZHIA public  magazine is out now

Public Newsletter – October 2018

Public Newsletter – September 2018  

Issue # 2 – NZHIA magazine

 Recent iHemp – New Zealand press articles

6 Nov 2018 – Newshub – Government declares hemp seed “safe to eat”
30 Oct 2018 – NZ Herald – Kiwi TV Star Mark Dye launches cannabis company
29 Oct 2018 – NZ Herald – Kiwi Cannabis start-up Zeacannn calls in PwC to help raise $20 million in funding
30 Oct 2018 – Idealog – Changing the game: The Hemp store’s Chris Fowlie launches Zeacann to democratise access to medicinal cannabis’
23 Oct 2018 – NZ Hearld – Kiwi company poised to become NZX’s first listed medicinal cannabis play (Cannasouth)
10 Oct 2018 – Verve – King of Cannabis Cuisine
15 Oct 2018 – NZ Herald – Health Ministry works to mid-2020 date to legalise medicinal cannabis
9 Oct 2018 – NZ Herald – inside Helius Therapeutics cannabis-manufacturing lab in East Tamaki
28 Sep 2018 – TVNZ – Breakfast “Healthy, but not high” – Could cannabis be the next ‘it’ food?
07 Sep 2018 –  Stuff – iHemp advocates want the whole of the moon – not just hemp seed
19 Aug 2018 – NZ Herald – Hemp protein cookies on menu once laws change
18 Aug 2018 – NZ Herald Business – The interview: Cookie time founder Michael Mayell bets on a future of hemp
24 Jul 2018 – TVNZ – Breakfast – Acting PM Winston Peters refuses to say if he agrees with legalising cannabis – it doesn’t matter what i support
20 Jul 2018 – NZ Herald Lifestyle – Auckland Food News and hemp seed recipes

International Events

16-17 October 2018  – 8th International Hemp Building Symposium, Brussels, Belgium

2-5 November 2018 – 25 HIA Annual Conference, Los Angeles

20-22 November 2018  – CHTA National Convention, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Hemp is everywhere – Vimeo, iHemp Summit July 2018 promotional video.  Visit the hempsummit.nz

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