By Sally Murphy of RNZ.
A group working to secure the term mānuka for New Zealand is running out of money.
In 2019, the government allocated nearly $6 million for a campaign to stop Australian beekeepers marketing their products as "mānuka" honey.
The Mānuka Charitable Trust is leading the legal fight, working to trademark the term mānuka through the Intellectual Property Office.
Trust spokesman Victor Goldsmith said part of the money from The Provincial Growth Fund was a $1.7m loan to cover legal proceedings.