Story: Hops, tobacco and hemp

More links and websites

• New Zealand Hemp Industries Association

  An association dedicated to the promotion of industrial hemp in New Zealand.

• New Zealand Hops Limited

  The website of the company that markets New Zealand hops.

• New Zealand’s award winning hops produce exceptional beers

  An analysis of the economic worth of New Zealand’s hop industry (PDF, 273 KB).

More suggestions and sources

• Barton, Shirley. ‘Memories of hops.’ New Zealand Geographic 53 (Sept–Oct 2001): 9-11.
• Coe, Emily. ‘The Nelson hop industry: survival and success’. BA (Hons) dissertation, University of Otago, 1998.
• McAloon, Jim. Nelson: a regional history. Whatamango Bay: Cape Catley, 1997.
• O’Shea, Patricia K. The golden harvest: a history of tobacco growing in New Zealand. Christchurch: Hazard Press, 1997.
• Yska, Redmer. New Zealand green: the story of marijuana in New Zealand. Auckland: David Bateman, 1990.