Taihape

Waikato, Taranaki, Bay of Plenty, Taupō, Taumaranui, cloudy with occasional drizzle, rain developing at night about Taranaki.

Taihape, Whanganui, Manawatū, mostly cloudy with isolated showers.

Horowhenua to Wellington, cloudy with occa- occasional drizzle turning to rain this evening.

Gisborne, Wairarapa, Marlborough, and Nelson, mostly fine, rain developing in Nelson and Marlborough this morning, then spreading to Wairarapa in the evening.

Waikato, Taranaki, Bay of Plenty, Taupo, Tauranga, cloudy with occasional drizzle.

Rain tonight about Taranaki.

Taihape, Whanganui, Manawatu, mostly cloudy with isolated light showers.

Horowhenua, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, cloudy with rain or drizzle.

It's Egmont Honey: Twenty-two thousand hives and scope to grow by Patrick Dawkins.

One of the country's largest honey exporters recently became the country's largest beekeeping entity as Egmont Honey acquired much of the in receivership Tweedales Honey of Taihape.

It takes their hive holding from approximately five thousand to around twenty-two thousand, and the chief executive says they expect to only get bigger but are determined to avoid the pitfalls of corporate beekeeping.

In March, after eighty-one years and three generations of family ownership, Tweedales Honey was forced to receivership, owing more than thirteen million dollars to lenders Bank of New Zealand.

Overseas Investment Office approval was not required for the acquisition of the beekeeping assets.

Land associated with Tweedales Honey has largely stayed with previous owners, husband and wife, Don and Conchita Tweeddale.

Egmont Honey is now leasing the former Tweedales Honey headquarters and honey processing facility in Taihape, and hive placement agreements with several rural properties owned by the Tweedales have been agreed.

Annabel has personally bought the sixteen fifty-seven hectare Makapua Station in the Taihape area, which was developed by Tweedales Honey over an eight-year period with high UMF Manuka plants.

Northland and Coromandel partly cloudy, light afternoon shower possible today.

Mostly cloudy for Auckland to Wellington, including Taumarunui and Taihape.

Uh, but s- fine spells this afternoon, one or two light showers, mainly about the ranges.

Bay of Plenty, Taupo, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, and Wairarapa generally fine, areas of morning and evening cloud.

Let's go.

Sorry.

Uh, Auckland to Wellington, uh, including Taumarunui and Taihape, mostly cloudy, fine spells this afternoon.

One or two light showers, mainly about the ranges.