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From liquid gold to price crash: NZ's honey hangover 12 minutes to read Jane Phare is a senior business reporter for the New Zealand Heraldjane.phare@nzme.co.nz Mānuka honey producers have been reaping the profits from selling pots of gold in recent years but now there's a glut of non-manuka varieties as beekeepers stockpile, hoping prices will recover. New Zealand has more than 918,000 beehives, and Jane Phare looks at why the country is oozing with honey and why Kiwis looked for something less expensive to spread on their bread. It was always a Kiwi staple, honey on toast in the m...

But national honey body says NZ honey's reputation intact.