It's become a fixture on the honey calendar, and this year it was bigger than it's ever been. The Manuka Orchard Open Day was also the day we put a name to something we've been quietly building for the past five years - Project 2030.

Four days at Mystery Creek, alongside 132,000-odd others who came through the gates (a 20% jump on last year, and the strongest turnout in five). If you needed a signal that the rural sector is feeling optimistic again, that was it.