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Boaties And Fishers Can Help Stop The Spread Of Exotic Seaweed
Friday, 19 May 2023, 12:48 pm | Biosecurity NZ
Biosecurity New Zealand is reminding boaties and fishers to clean their anchors and fishing gear and reduce the risk of introducing or spreading any exotic seaweeds after a small clump of suspected Caulerpa brachypus was spotted on a Bay of Islands ... More >>
Biosecurity New Zealand Responds To Rising Passenger Volumes
Wednesday, 5 April 2023, 10:40 am | Biosecurity NZ
Biosecurity New Zealand’s officers screened 1,391,641 arriving air passengers in the first three months of 2023, compared with 97,810 for the same period in 2022. There has also been more cruise ship passengers following the reopening of maritime ... More >>
Help Stop The Spread Of Invasive Seaweed In Hauraki Gulf
Wednesday, 25 January 2023, 10:25 am | Biosecurity NZ
As boaties and fishers head to the waters this Auckland anniversary weekend, they’re asked to help stop the spread of a fast-growing, non-native seaweed – exotic Caulerpa - in the Hauraki Gulf. In the right conditions, this pest can smother the ocean floor ... More >>
Knocking Down Wallaby Populations
Tuesday, 24 January 2023, 6:34 pm | Biosecurity NZ
Wallaby populations are continuing to grow in Aotearoa, prompting the launch this summer of the first national awareness campaign. The Tipu Mātoro: Wallaby-free Aotearoa campaign shines a light on the extensive damage these invasive pests wreak on our ... More >>
M. Bovis Confirmed Properties Continue To Decrease
Friday, 20 January 2023, 12:16 pm | Biosecurity NZ
The Mycoplasma bovis Programme, led in partnership with MPI, DairyNZ and Beef + Lamb New Zealand, continues to make good progress towards the eradication of the disease from New Zealand. All properties in the high-risk area in Wakanui, which ... More >>
Busy Summer For Biosecurity
Thursday, 19 January 2023, 11:14 am | Biosecurity NZ
It’s been a busy summer so far for biosecurity officers protecting New Zealand’s borders from unwanted pests and diseases. Biosecurity officers screened over half a million arriving passengers in December, says Mike Inglis, Northern Regional Commissioner, ... More >>
Clean Your Gear, Watch Your Pets, Garden Safely
Thursday, 22 December 2022, 2:13 pm | Biosecurity NZ
Clean your gear, watch your pets and garden safely this holiday season. These are three simple requests from those that look after biosecurity in New Zealand. The call comes from the New Zealand Biosecurity Institute (NZBI) - the membership organisation ... More >>
Biosecurity Officers Face Busy Summer As International Travel Increases
Monday, 12 December 2022, 11:23 am | Biosecurity NZ
Biosecurity New Zealand officers will be working hard this summer to ensure increased international travel does not lead to unwanted pests and diseases entering the country. Air passenger volumes are rebounding strongly since the covid travel restrictions ... More >>
Hi-tech Traps On Trial In Fruit Fly Surveillance Programme
Monday, 14 November 2022, 10:44 am | Biosecurity NZ
Biosecurity New Zealand’s National Fruit Fly Surveillance programme is trialling 60 state-of-the-art traps, with the aim to bolster the detection of exotic fruit fly. “We have a world-class biosecurity system, but the growth in global trade ... More >>
Stink Bug Campaign Ramps Up
Thursday, 3 November 2022, 11:06 am | Biosecurity NZ
Biosecurity New Zealand is ramping up a public awareness campaign to encourage people to report possible sightings of brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) – a major threat to Aotearoa New Zealand’s horticulture industry. BMSB infests several horticultural ... More >>
New Rules In Place To Stop Invasive Seaweed Spreading
Tuesday, 25 October 2022, 4:01 pm | Biosecurity NZ
New rules to prevent the spread of an invasive seaweed will soon make it illegal to anchor most vessels in three bays at Aotea Great Barrier Island. Tougher restrictions, which come into effect at 11.59pm on Monday 31 October, are part of changes to a ... More >>
Testing For Mycoplasma Bovis Stepped Up With New Strain
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 2:40 pm | Biosecurity NZ
Summer testing for Mycoplasma bovis will be stepped up after New Zealand’s nationwide surveillance programme identified a new strain of the disease on one of the four confirmed positive properties, which are all in Mid Canterbury, says M. bovis programme ... More >>
Additional M. Bovis Infection Inside Controlled Area Notice Boundary
Friday, 30 September 2022, 10:11 am | Biosecurity NZ
An additional Mycoplasma bovis property has been found inside the Wakanui area of Mid-Canterbury where strict biosecurity measures, including a controlled area notice (CAN), were announced last week to eliminate a pocket of infection in the area, says ... More >>
Extra Measures To Target Pocket Of M. Bovis Infection
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 10:15 am | Biosecurity NZ
The Mycoplasma bovis ( M. bovis ) eradication programme is targeting the sole pocket of confirmed infection with depopulation starting on a Mid-Canterbury feedlot and strict new biosecurity measures for the surrounding area, says programme director ... More >>
Frontline Biosecurity Ranks Bolstered
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 9:18 am | Biosecurity NZ
Biosecurity New Zealand has welcomed 17 new quarantine officers to help protect Aotearoa’s borders from invasive pests and diseases. Eleven officers graduated on Friday after completing an intensive 10-week training programme. They will work ... More >>
Tough Competition For 2022 New Zealand Biosecurity Awards Finalists
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 8:27 am | Biosecurity NZ
The 2022 New Zealand Biosecurity Awards finalists are here, and competition for all eight categories has been the toughest in the award’s history. “The awards judging panel has told us this year’s entries were the highest quality ever seen ... More >>
Invasive Weed Salvinia Eradicated From Pāpāmoa Waterway
Thursday, 1 September 2022, 10:28 am | Biosecurity NZ
Biosecurity New Zealand is declaring the successful eradication of the aggressive aquatic weed salvinia from one Bay of Plenty site after four years of work. “It’s an invasive aquatic pest that grows rapidly and can smother the surface of rivers ... More >>
New Biosecurity Measure To Protect Against FMD
Friday, 22 July 2022, 2:21 pm | Biosecurity NZ
Travellers will not be allowed to bring personal consignments of any meat products from Indonesia to New Zealand in the latest step to protect against Foot-and-Mouth Disease, says Biosecurity New Zealand Deputy Director General Stuart Anderson. “While ... More >>
Campaign To Raise FMD Awareness For Travellers
Sunday, 10 July 2022, 6:00 pm | Biosecurity NZ
Biosecurity New Zealand is stepping up its work at the border with a campaign to ensure travellers do their part to protect farmers from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), says Deputy Director General Stuart Anderson. Foot-and-mouth disease is in many countries, ... More >>
PKE Audit Shows Strict FMD Requirements Being Met
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 3:23 pm | Biosecurity NZ
An on-the-ground audit of Indonesia’s palm kernel supply chain shows it is meeting New Zealand’s strict biosecurity requirements for foot-and-mouth disease, says Biosecurity New Zealand Deputy Director-General Stuart Anderson. “We sent our experts ... More >>
