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<blockquote data-quote="tristan" data-source="post: 13218" data-attributes="member: 30"><p>i agree a fair bit of that.</p><p></p><p>"2030 goal </p><p>To double NZ honey export value, increase consumer engagement with mānuka</p><p>honey, and New Zealand’s honey reputation* by 2030."</p><p></p><p>i think thats barking up the wrong tree to start with. everyone around the world knows nz manuka. increasing engagement is not required. getting out there and selling it is a different story.</p><p>also focusing on only one product smacks of the honey board era and has always been a failure point for any industry.</p><p>something i mentioned to one of our big overseas buyers, we have a wide range of the worlds best honeys that we should be pushing, not just manuka.</p><p></p><p>however having a united industry is long overdue and is mandatory for going forward. we run a very large risk of sliding back into a poor mans industry.</p><p>so we kinda need to be like the old hone6y board, but without all the failings.</p><p></p><p>having a PMP for varroa is not a bad idea. its a big cost, cost to production and we could do with extra rules like not letting hives die from varroa and causing issues to everyone else. it should be easy enough to bundle that with the AFB PMP. it could well improve nz bee health.</p><p></p><p>making local honey production use the same rules as the export is a way of dealing with the grey export problems. help stop fraudulent honey sales to tourists. however a lot of small producers will be very upset.</p><p></p><p>the big thing is being able to fund research. we are never going to get better if we don't improve and we have a long bad history of almost no one wanting to do the research, then jumping on the bandwagon after someone has done it. </p><p>we need to be far more proactive in making new markets, new products and ways to improve beekeeping.</p><p></p><p>unfortunately us kiwis have a history of "minimal expenditure but minimal income". for eg its in the media at the moment with all the infrastructure costs while most kiwis have had it easy not paying tax/rates/levies over the decades, and now it biting us in the rear.</p><p>it seams many beeks have the same mentality, don't want to pay anything and therefore miss out on making the money.</p><p>time we stood on our own two feet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tristan, post: 13218, member: 30"] i agree a fair bit of that. "2030 goal To double NZ honey export value, increase consumer engagement with mānuka honey, and New Zealand’s honey reputation* by 2030." i think thats barking up the wrong tree to start with. everyone around the world knows nz manuka. increasing engagement is not required. getting out there and selling it is a different story. also focusing on only one product smacks of the honey board era and has always been a failure point for any industry. something i mentioned to one of our big overseas buyers, we have a wide range of the worlds best honeys that we should be pushing, not just manuka. however having a united industry is long overdue and is mandatory for going forward. we run a very large risk of sliding back into a poor mans industry. so we kinda need to be like the old hone6y board, but without all the failings. having a PMP for varroa is not a bad idea. its a big cost, cost to production and we could do with extra rules like not letting hives die from varroa and causing issues to everyone else. it should be easy enough to bundle that with the AFB PMP. it could well improve nz bee health. making local honey production use the same rules as the export is a way of dealing with the grey export problems. help stop fraudulent honey sales to tourists. however a lot of small producers will be very upset. the big thing is being able to fund research. we are never going to get better if we don't improve and we have a long bad history of almost no one wanting to do the research, then jumping on the bandwagon after someone has done it. we need to be far more proactive in making new markets, new products and ways to improve beekeeping. unfortunately us kiwis have a history of "minimal expenditure but minimal income". for eg its in the media at the moment with all the infrastructure costs while most kiwis have had it easy not paying tax/rates/levies over the decades, and now it biting us in the rear. it seams many beeks have the same mentality, don't want to pay anything and therefore miss out on making the money. time we stood on our own two feet. [/QUOTE]
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