8 Apr 2022

NZ's largest medicinal cannabis grower wins govt funding boost

From Checkpoint, 5:20 pm on 8 April 2022

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The government's given a cash injection to the country's largest medicinal cannabis grower - saying it could become as successful as the wine industry.

Puro is a specialist cannabis grower near Blenheim - and today was granted $13 million in funding.

The minister says it's the perfect time to grow the high-value industry.

Our reporter Tessa Guest and cameraman Nate McKinnon have the story.