Aussie Beekeepers Fight for Manuka

Quote from Maggie James

"My understanding is historically with post colonisation, no matter what the ethnic group in NZ, manuka was manuka.

If Australians reverted to a non indigenious common name such as Ti Tree or Tea Tree for a varietal that was not Leptospernum scoparium, well I guess that's their choice".

Aussie beeks fight for Manuka

www.nzbees.net

 

[Alastair]

On Country Calendar recently we had a man from France who is a 4th generation Champagne producer, from Champagne. He has now immigrated to New Zealand, has established a vineyard in a climate he believed right for producing grapes of a type needed to produce Champagne.
He has been very successful and believes his sparkling wine is equal to the very best Champagne produced in Champagne. However he does not dispute the wording, he calls it sparkling wine.

 

[Bzzzy]

Well I guess that proves the French, have more respect for doing the right thing, than our Aussie neighbours?

 

[yesbut]

You've just got to look at their cricket team to back that up.

 

[yesbut]

Seems like the Ockers have won.....court reasoning seems very strange to me..

Stuff

www.stuff.co.nz

 

[Morporks]

Its the correct result
The word is in common use

 

[Morporks]

On Country Calendar recently we had a man from France who is a 4th generation Champagne producer, from Champagne. He has now immigrated to New Zealand, has established a vineyard in a climate he believed right for producing grapes of a type needed to produce Champagne.
He has been very successful and believes his sparkling wine is equal to the very best Champagne produced in Champagne. However he does not dispute the wording, he calls it sparkling wine.

Champagne is made in Champagne by a process in a factory ie man made

Manuka honey is produced by a plant and bees ( from Europe) and grows most places

 

[Alastair]

Champagne is made in Champagne by a process in a factory ie man made

And is made in NZ by the exact same process. Yet is not allowed to be called champagne.

 

[Morporks]

And is made in NZ by the exact same process. Yet is not allowed to be called champagne.

only because the government gave into the French
Champagne is still made in a number of countries. The Champagne argument is not comparable

 

[Alastair]

only because the government gave into the French

No

 

[Grant]

From what I read on the legal aspect of it way back in August

NZ loses Manuka trademark fight with Australia

A New Zealand-based association representing manuka honey beekeepers has lost its opposition to an application for the 'Australian Manuka' trade mark. The Australian manuka honey industry has gathered over 5,000 pages of information to fight back in court against New Zealand’s recent attempts...

nzbees.net

Its the term Manuka (as used in the Australian version) verses Maanuka or Mānuka in Te Reo, either way the SMH is a long way behind on this story.

 

[Gerrit]

The Champagne wine region is a wine region within the historical province of Champagne in the northeast of France.
It is not a plant, so cant be compared.

 

[frazzledfozzle]

As far as I’m aware honey from Leptospermum was always called jellybush honey until NZ’s success in marketing manuka honey .

Australian manuka honey is completely different to NZ’s manuka honey and is actually really gross to taste .
in my opinion there’s very little Australian honey that tastes good.