Woman's sweet rural dream turns sour after honey factory sets up shopJack Barlow/ Fairfax NZ Trish Edwards, frustrated Carterton resident, speaks about the new Manuka Health honey factory that's disturbed her peaceful rural existence. READ MORE:* Lifestyle blocks cause tension* Trouble in lifestyle country* The rural - urban divideWhen she discovered this "something" was a large honey processing factory, she was horrified. She learned the factory had already been approved and it was going to be built, with or without her objections. Mark Carrington, Manuka Health's general manager of bee keeping, says they've tried to make the factory as unobtrusive as possible. "We've been on the site going on 10 years now.

Source: Stuff October 15, 2016 09:11 UTC