PHOTO: MARJORIE COOKIt took just four short months for Central Otago entrepreneur Dre Hart to get his manuka-smoked olives into 95 New Zealand stores. Now Mr Hart is working with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise on moving into Australia. The manuka-smoked olives are processed at a Lumsden factory and will be available at Cromwell markets from August. They had all hit this point where they had no farmers’ markets available. The problem for farmers’ markets, there’s just five hours a week that you can meet and engage with people," Mr Hart said.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 20, 2021 16:30 UTC