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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1241/
- Published: 2025-06-29T18:30:32.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-29T18:30:31.000Z
- Description: Tasman mayor Tim King says Lines was a “big character” in both the hop industry and the local Wakefield community.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> A prominent farmer who championed New Zealand hops and the brewing industry has been killed by a tree following the floods across the top of the South Island.  
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> Peter Lines was clearing flood damage from his property in Wai-iti, south-east of Nelson, on Saturday morning when he was hit by the tree.  
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> Emergency services were called just after 9.30am but Lines, who was in his late 60s, died at the scene, according to Acting Nelson Bays area commander Martin Tunley.  
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> Tasman mayor Tim King says Lines was a “big character” in both the hop industry and the local Wakefield community. \[...\]  
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> Lines became a hop grower and brewer in 2009 “as a bit of fun” according to the [NZ Hops](https://nzhops.co.nz/blogs/growers/totara-terrace?ref=goodoil.news) website.

![](https://www.stuff.co.nz/media/images/9Tzi8ywRz924XE3uHaD6DZ3Ef+IdbOiYlvIROR5vlqUeRrexTocZGobKRJ9od%2Fgnk3B%2FCeKTmTAsIjj6Q0YaYRUFoBVb0JnkjKKBZROAFNOV7XoamtQ182tirhG0mc19MQU9KCGPebZZGMrtnHtgesqKQuPYLxZjV%2FNAo15qj%2FPTaUbCHrIkGzu2zL6J1R0RkO5w+Vvk0rCkWzxXF8d8oQ==?resolution=1240x700)

Peter Lines had farmed hops since he was a young boy. Photo credit: Alden Williams

> “We were buying in kegs of beer for the workers, but because I had the necessary health licence for the grape juice production, we decided we should give it a go,” Lines said.  
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> In 2021, Lines’s team were producing 1000 litres from hops sourced from his property.  
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> However, hops have always been a part of the Lines’s family history with Peter’s great, great grandfather, John Lines, planting hops and milking cows. Eventually the farm spread to over 100 hectares and includes a 40-year-old vineyard.

[Read More](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360740069/big-character-hop-grower-killed-tree-when-clearing-flood-debris?ref=goodoil.news)