Is NZ on the cusp of a hemp revolution?

In the 20 years since Pam Coleman has been on her 80-hectare rural property near Ngatimoti, north-west of Nelson, she has let the land take over.

The golden hay meadows buzz with life, and kanuka and manuka have overtaken the gorse. The couple raise rare-breed sheep, grow olives and make cheese.

When the law changed a year ago to add hemp seeds to the list of allowable food products in New Zealand, Coleman began reading up.

"I thought, that's it, that's the way to go," she said.

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Phil Houghton