Our two locations are blessed with long sunshine hours and intense UV ratings. This is important as the greater the sunshine hours and UV light, the more cannabinoids and flavonoids get produced. We believe this will allow us to produce high quality, high potency cannabis at lower costs.
Puro's Cultivation Director also expects the elevated coastal location of our outdoor site at Kēkerengū provides the ideal site for its outdoor crops and its organic growing protocols. The coastal location protects plants from frost damage, while the gentle salt spray and coastal breeze helps to naturally ward off pests and disease.
Thanks to our investors, we’ve been able Puro to turn our business plan into action, culminating with the planting of New Zealand’s largest medical cannabis crop in the summer of 2020/21.
We have also established our research and breeding facility in Waihopai, Blenheim, which is now operational with high-THC plants growing.
In addition, we have:
Yes - if you have the right licences!
Puro has the licences it needs to grow - a Medicinal Cannabis Licence with authorisations for Cultivation Activities at both its indoor and outdoor sites, and a Supply Activity at our Kēkerengū site which permits export of cannabis.
Puro has received Licences to Import a Controlled Drug in 2020 which enabled the import of our cannabis seeds into New Zealand.
Medical cannabis is a rapidly growing global industry.
The global medical cannabis market is currently valued at NZ$29 billion and growing at 28 per cent annually (Global Cannabis Market (2020-2026) – Emergence of Cannabis Legalization in Asia-Pacific Presents Opportunities).
Puro commissioned a report from The Agribusiness Group into the New Zealand market which shows the enormous economic potential the industry has here. That report concluded that if just 1% New Zealanders obtained a prescription for it, the market could be worth $379 million each year in New Zealand alone.
Puro has the licences it needs to grow – a Medicinal Cannabis Licence including authority for Nursery Activity and Cultivation Activities at both its Waihopai and Kēkerengū sites. Puro has successfully imported medical cannabis seed under a licence to import a controlled drug. Puro can supply cannabis material domestically under its current licence and has obtained a supply activity to permit the export of cannabis material. Separate export licences are required at the time of each export consignment.
Yes. Our first export was successfully sent in 2022, paving the way for commercial export production in 2023 onwards.
Once our plants are harvested we boutique dry our organic outdoor top flower for local and export markets, with the remainder of the plants machine-processed to be sold in bulk form suitable for high value extraction. Our indoor cultivars will be hand-harvested and boutique-dried and sold as premium dried manicured flower or plant mass for extraction.
Our Security Operating Procedures have been submitted and approved by the Ministry of Health. We are following strict protocols and international best practice to ensure our people and our products are kept safe at all times.
YES! In December 2021 Puro received organic certification for its outdoor crops at Kēkerengū from BioGro, New Zealand's largest and best-known certifier for organic produce and products.
Puro is the only large-scale organic outdoor grower in New Zealand and Australia and one of very few certified organic medical cannabis growers globally.
Puro’s focus is now on its indoor growing facilities and research centre at Waihopai, near Blenheim, with a vision to commence organic certification for these facilities in the near future.
Over 95% of the medical cannabis we produce will be low-THC (1% or less of the psychoactive ingredient THC) so won’t produce the “high” commonly associated with recreational marijuana.
Yes, if you are interested in trying medical cannabis, the best place to start is to talk to your doctor.
Our research will follow three pillars of investigation:
We are working directly with a number of licensed buyers in New Zealand and overseas. We have in place a large supply agreement with Auckland-based Helius Therapeutics, and have and which will see Puro supplying 10 tonnes of organic medical cannabis to Helius over the next five years.
Our two locations are blessed with long sunshine hours and intense UV ratings. This is important as the greater the sunshine hours and UV light, the more cannabinoids and flavonoids get produced. We believe this will allow us to produce high quality, high potency cannabis at lower costs.
Puro's Cultivation Director also expects the elevated coastal location of our outdoor site at Kēkerengū provides the ideal site for its outdoor crops and its organic growing protocols. The coastal location protects plants from frost damage, while the gentle salt spray and coastal breeze helps to naturally ward off pests and disease.
Thanks to our investors, we’ve been able Puro to turn our business plan into action, culminating with the planting of New Zealand’s largest medical cannabis crop in the summer of 2020/21.
We have also established our research and breeding facility in Waihopai, Blenheim, which is now operational with high-THC plants growing.
In addition, we have:
Yes - if you have the right licences!
Puro has the licences it needs to grow - a Medicinal Cannabis Licence with authorisations for Cultivation Activities at both its indoor and outdoor sites, and a Supply Activity at our Kēkerengū site which permits export of cannabis.
Puro has received Licences to Import a Controlled Drug in 2020 which enabled the import of our cannabis seeds into New Zealand.
Medical cannabis is a rapidly growing global industry.
The global medical cannabis market is currently valued at NZ$29 billion and growing at 28 per cent annually (Global Cannabis Market (2020-2026) – Emergence of Cannabis Legalization in Asia-Pacific Presents Opportunities).
Puro commissioned a report from The Agribusiness Group into the New Zealand market which shows the enormous economic potential the industry has here. That report concluded that if just 1% New Zealanders obtained a prescription for it, the market could be worth $379 million each year in New Zealand alone.
Puro has the licences it needs to grow – a Medicinal Cannabis Licence including authority for Nursery Activity and Cultivation Activities at both its Waihopai and Kēkerengū sites. Puro has successfully imported medical cannabis seed under a licence to import a controlled drug. Puro can supply cannabis material domestically under its current licence and has obtained a supply activity to permit the export of cannabis material. Separate export licences are required at the time of each export consignment.
Yes. Our first export was successfully sent in 2022, paving the way for commercial export production in 2023 onwards.
Once our plants are harvested we boutique dry our organic outdoor top flower for local and export markets, with the remainder of the plants machine-processed to be sold in bulk form suitable for high value extraction. Our indoor cultivars will be hand-harvested and boutique-dried and sold as premium dried manicured flower or plant mass for extraction.
Our Security Operating Procedures have been submitted and approved by the Ministry of Health. We are following strict protocols and international best practice to ensure our people and our products are kept safe at all times.
YES! In December 2021 Puro received organic certification for its outdoor crops at Kēkerengū from BioGro, New Zealand's largest and best-known certifier for organic produce and products.
Puro is the only large-scale organic outdoor grower in New Zealand and Australia and one of very few certified organic medical cannabis growers globally.
Puro’s focus is now on its indoor growing facilities and research centre at Waihopai, near Blenheim, with a vision to commence organic certification for these facilities in the near future.
Over 95% of the medical cannabis we produce will be low-THC (1% or less of the psychoactive ingredient THC) so won’t produce the “high” commonly associated with recreational marijuana.
Yes, if you are interested in trying medical cannabis, the best place to start is to talk to your doctor.
Our research will follow three pillars of investigation:
We are working directly with a number of licensed buyers in New Zealand and overseas. We have in place a large supply agreement with Auckland-based Helius Therapeutics, and have and which will see Puro supplying 10 tonnes of organic medical cannabis to Helius over the next five years.