Need for Science Investment Reset
OPINION: New Zealand's prosperity has always been built on farmers and scientists working together to shape our economy.
By New Year's Eve, MPI and Biosecurity NZ had successfully located and destroyed 39 queen hornets, 26 of which had been nest building, according to Apiarist's Advocate, thanks to intensive trapping and monitoring.
But NZBI says MPI needs to "shed the lone hero persona" and "must expect and receive full-throated community and industry support".
NZBI says it just wants MPI to think more long-term and more nationwide about the response to the yellow peril.
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