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The Difference Between Mānuka and Tea Tree Oils - Fields of mānuka on a plantation in the East Cape of New Zealand.
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What Is The Difference Between Mānuka Oil and Tea Tree Oil?

What are the key differences between Australian tea tree oil and New Zealand mānuka oil? Although they both come from the same family they are quite different. Tea tree oil has been an industry sin...
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History

The Mānuka Tree and How It Has Helped For Centuries

There are over 200 native plants of New Zealand with recorded medicinal uses. One of the most common is of course is the mānuka tree which has helped for centuries. Read on to discover more about t...
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The Mānuka Plant and New Zealand’s Botanical History

The mānuka tree is just one of New Zealand’s unique and unusual plants, but it is one with a secret. Mānuka oil, as found in ManukaRx, is one of nature’s great healers and protectors; oil sourced f...
Why Mānuka was the Most Important Plant to the Māori - A Māori Warrior presents a fern leaf in a traditional display.
History

Why Māori Healers Reach for Mānuka for Ointment

Māori healers have known about the special properties of the mighty mānuka plant for centuries. It was a tree for many purposes; a first aid kit instantly at hand. Explore a bit of the history of m...