However, it copes very happily in the heavy, water-logged soils of Palmerston North, so it would be ... South Africa from where it originated. Cape weed tends to be much more troublesome in Australia ...

Separated from the South Island by Cook Strait, New Zealand’s North Island is home to five of its main wine regions (seven, if you include Waikato and Ōhau), and is known for a wider variety of wine ...