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There could be one million medicinal cannabis plants in Southland in the next decade if Southern Medicinal’s momentum keeps on building. From the former Mataura paper mill, the company is growing and processing medicinal cannabis and hemp. However, this summer three Southland farmers and one Otago farmer bought hemp seeds to take part in a trial with the company. Southern...

The Thai government will distribute one million free cannabis plants to households across the nation in June to mark a new rule allowing people to grow cannabis at home, its health minister has said. Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced the move in a Facebook post on May 8th 2022 in which he expressed his intention for cannabis plants to be...

The global concern over the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 has many people taking precautions against catching the virus. This article is in line with the Ministry of Health's harm reduction policy and is not intended to encourage illegal activity. Rather we are trying to reduce the harm of anyone already consuming cannabis regardless of the law. The following is...

Gisborne, New Zealand based medicinal cannabis company Rua Bioscience who were the first local company to secure a license to cultivate medicinal cannabis are now looking for someone to help them grow their budding empire. Advertised online this week, the cultivation project manager would "play a key role in setting up stage two of our cultivation and growing activities".  The...

One of the most well known names in the New Zealand cannabis industry has changed. Hikurangi Cannabis has officially rebranded to Rua Bioscience as the company looks to focus on the growing opportunities presented by the global cannabis market. The Hikurangi Cannabis name was derived from the umbrella group Hikurangi Enterprises, which was established to create sustainable economic development on...

The Ministry of Health is holding information sessions on the medicinal cannabis scheme. Information sessions on proposals for the Medicinal Cannabis Scheme are being held in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The sessions will be held as follows: Auckland, Monday 22 July and Tuesday 23 July Christchurch, Tuesday 30 July Wellington, Thursday 1 August Preference for attendance will be given to...

Have you used Cannabis (including both herbal cannabis and cannabis-based pharmaceuticals) for medicinal reasons in the past year? If you have and you live in New Zealand, then Massey University researchers would love to hear from you! Please complete their New Zealand medical cannabis use survey at: https://medcansurvey.shore.ac.nz/ It will take about 10-20 minutes to complete the survey. You can...

 A Taupo based medicinal cannabis company has been given the green light to set up its operation, which has created 100 jobs. SETEK Therapeutics will be set up in Taupō later this year. They are now the fourth company that the Ministry of Health has granted a license to cultivate cannabis plants. They are only the second to receive permission to grow...

New Zealand drug company AFT Pharmaceuticals is planning to expand into medical cannabis should the country vote in favour of drug law reform in next year's referendum, its founder says. Started 20 years ago in a garage by husband and wife team Marree and Hartley Atkinson using only 50K start-up capital, in late 2015 AFT listed on the NZ &...

Medsafe is "looking into" what is being called New Zealand's first medical cannabis advertising campaign. Since a billboard advertising cannabis as medicine was erected on Auckland's Anzac Ave earlier this week, the Advertising Standards Authority has received multiple complaints. Helius Therapeutics, a licensed medicinal cannabis company, launched the billboards following last week's legalization of medicinal cannabis manufacture, to "rebrand" cannabis....

The Government has passed its medicinal cannabis bill, which will establish a regulated scheme within a year and give those close to death a legal defence before then. Read more...

Startup Helius Therapeutics has become the first Auckland-based startup to be issued a cannabis cultivation licence. The Ministry of Health informed the firm last Friday that its application was successful. Helius joins Waikato's Cannsouth and Ruatoria-based Hikurangi Cannabis in successfully acquiring the licence to breed strains of cannabis that could be used in medicines. Read more...

What could be better than an R18 restricted legal Cannabis market in New Zealand? We certainly can’t think of much. We all know prohibition and the war on cannabis failed, causing harm far greater than the herb they were supposed to be protecting us from. But what exactly do we need to do in order to achieve legal Cannabis here...