In her forward to “Kanuka of Kaua‘i,” the biography of west Kaua‘i konohiki (king’s agent) Valdemar Knudsen (1820-98), which she co-wrote with Valdemar’s son, “Kaua‘i’s Teller of Hawaiian Tales” Eric ...

For years, if you walked into a health store asking for a natural skincare miracle from New Zealand, you were handed a bottle of Manuka oil. It’s been the reigning monarch of antibacterial treatments, ...

Kanuka honey may have even more beneficial properties than its better-known cousin, manuka. Medical researcher Shaun Holt says kanuka has twice as much of the bug-killing manuka factor, than manuka ...

It’s officially time for Manuka honey to pass on its crown because there’s a new Queen Bee in town. All hail Kanuka honey. No, that's not a typo. This refined and decadent sweet nectar comes from a ...

New research shows New Zealand's kanuka tree is not actually related to an Australian weed and seven new species have been identified. For 31 years, New Zealand's ubiquitous kanuka tree has been ...

At some point in my adult life I developed a not-insignificant fear of bees. There was no traumatic incident to sabotage my relationship with God's finest flying insects, just an accelerated heart ...