STORY

This story began with weeks of a stubborn sore throat. Fed up and as a last resort I decided to try the much talked about, and often maligned, manuka honey.  Within a few days the sore throat, and most of the honey, had disappeared. I was astonished and delighted.  The more people I talked to the more extraordinary stories I heard – my manuka journey had begun!

In an attempt to hunt down more of this wonder drug I soon began to realise what a minefield that was. The choice was good, bad and very indifferent, overwhelming, expensive  and confusing.

This treasure hunt took me via a string of old friends and bizarre coincidences to Hawke’s Bay, a stunning region on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island and to two extraordinary individuals who I am now proud to call friends.