The only Māori company with a medicinal cannabis growing licence says the passing of the government's medicinal cannabis bill is a step in the right direction. Hikurangi Enterprises Managing Director Panapa Ehau says New Zealand could be a world leader in the medicinal cannabis space.
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Ngāi Tahu tourism boss receives PM's award
Ngāi Tahu Tourism chief executive Quinton Hall is the recipient of the 2018 Prime Minister's Business Scholarship.
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Collaboration key to Waikato regional growth
Waikato leaders are looking at ways to improve the region's environment, economy and communities. Māori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Māori leaders agree collaboration is key in growing the interests of Māori and the region.
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Medicinal Cannabis Bill falls short- NZ Drug Foundation
The Drug Foundation says proposed changes to legislation around the use of medicinal cannabis will disappoint many because the legal defence does not extend to include a wider range of illnesses and caregivers. However, the Health Minister is happy with government’s progress.
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Māori businesses to benefit from new food labelling bill
Customers will soon know how far their apples fall from the tree with the passing of the Consumers' Right to Know (Country of Origin of Food) Bill. The bill introduces mandatory labelling to inform consumers where their meat, fruit, seafood and vegetables come from.
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Tahuna Te Ahi programme wins Deloitte Top 200 Award
The Tahuna Te Ahi programme developed by Indigenous Growth Limited for Skycity has won the Deloitte Top 200 Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Award for 2018.
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Homegrown hemp seed- a new kai
Hemp seed products may be the new healthy superfood, according to a Ngāti Kahungunu man who is stepping up production.
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Tolaga Bay beach is back in business
The community of Tolaga Bay are ecstatic with the clean-up progress of slash on their beach. It's a promising sign for the coastal community as it gears up for its summer season.
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Māori businesses raise cultural IP concerns in Singapore
Māori business community members have raised concerns about the protection of Māori cultural intellectual property rights with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in Singapore Friday. Wakatū Incorporation board director Miriana Stephens says the government needs to step up- and fast.
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Hikurangi Cannabis growing strong
Hikurangi Cannabis Company has received a $7mil boost from private investors, taking them a step closer to setting up a supply-chain for medicinal cannabis.
