Displaying items by tag: Biosecurity

Taranaki Regional Council and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) have joined forces to identify the pathways by which new pest plants could enter the region, whether by road, rail, coast or air.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 26 July 2022 07:55

FMD alert!

The Government is tightening up its biosecurity settings following an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Indonesia and also the recent discovery of viral FMD fragments on pork imported into Australia from China.

Published in General News
Monday, 20 June 2022 16:01

Search is on for NZ biosecurity champions

Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is on the hunt for biosecurity champions as entries open for the 2022 New Zealand Biosecurity Awards.

Published in General News
Thursday, 02 June 2022 11:25

Govt invests in biosecurity app

The Government has committed an investment of $4 million over four years to expand a biosecurity readiness and response app developed by Onside Ltd.

Published in General News
Friday, 06 May 2022 07:25

Biosecurity funding increase sensible move

An $111 million injection for biosecurity in Budget 2022 is a pragmatic acknowledgement of how vital it is to New Zealand’s economy that we stop pest organisms at our borders, says Federated Farmers.

Published in General News
Thursday, 05 May 2022 10:49

Govt to invest in biosecurity

The Government will strengthen New Zealand’s biosecurity system as part of Budget 2022, Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor announced today.

Published in General News

Four years into a world-first attempt to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis), agreed jointly between the Government and farming sector groups, just one infected property remains in New Zealand.

Published in General News

New Zealand pig farmers are being encouraged to have their say on a proposal to sign an agreement with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) to help protect the sector in the event of a biosecurity incursion.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 03 November 2021 15:30

Biosecurity update: Warding off Lepidoptera

How ready are we for a Lepidopterean incursion?

Published in Industry

During August, I will be on the road attending the Spray Days events around the country.

Published in Industry
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