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Didymo update - 01 May 2008
Thursday, 1 May 2008, 6:20 pm | Biosecurity NZ
In response to recent reports circulating about the apparent ‘disappearance’ of didymo, particularly in the Waitaki, Hakataramea and Maerewhenua Rivers, MAF Biosecurity New Zealand can confirm that didymo is still present in the those rivers and people ... More >>
Varroa bee mite found outside SI Controlled Area
Thursday, 1 May 2008, 10:58 am | Biosecurity NZ
Varroa bee mite has been found at several apiary sites near St Arnaud, just outside the Nelson-Marlborough Varroa Controlled Area boundary, MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) said today. More >>
Good progress on biosecurity mussel dredging
Friday, 14 March 2008, 10:33 am | Biosecurity NZ
The MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) dredging of the Tasman Bay site where an oil rig was cleaned late last year is progressing well. More >>
Hunting stock bolsters biosecurity beagles
Thursday, 13 March 2008, 1:31 pm | Biosecurity NZ
Biosecurity officials are celebrating the arrival of the first beagle puppies specially bred to protect New Zealand’s international borders. More >>
Meeting to discuss methyl bromide alternatives
Thursday, 28 February 2008, 1:50 pm | Biosecurity NZ
Twenty eight possible alternatives to the ozone depleting gas methyl bromide came under scrutiny yesterday when over 90 government and industry representatives met in Wellington to review the alternatives to methyl bromide use at our borders. More >>
Import health standard for horses from Australia
Thursday, 14 February 2008, 11:55 am | Biosecurity NZ
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) has released a draft Import Health Standard (IHS) for Horses from Australia for public consultation. Horse imports from Australia were halted in August 2007 after MAF BNZ received confirmation from the Australian ... More >>
Vaccine approval contributes to influenza response
Friday, 21 December 2007, 2:25 pm | Biosecurity NZ
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) has welcomed ERMA’s approval of the Flu Avert® I.N vaccine for emergency use, should New Zealand ever face an equine influenza outbreak. More >>
Didymo found in Rangitata Diversion Race
Thursday, 6 December 2007, 9:54 am | Biosecurity NZ
The invasive algae didymo has today been confirmed in the Rangitata Diversion Race, MAF Biosecurity New Zealand announced today. More >>
Draft health standards for pig meat released
Monday, 12 November 2007, 4:45 pm | Biosecurity NZ
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAF BNZ) today issued, for public consultation, four draft Import Heath Standards (IHSs) developed for pig meat and pig meat products. The draft standards are based on an import risk analysis on porcine reproductive ... More >>
Dead didymo cells found in Central Plateau river
Thursday, 1 November 2007, 4:33 pm | Biosecurity NZ
Dead didymo cells have been found in some samples of water taken late last week from the Tongariro, Whakapapa, Mangatepopo and Whanganui Rivers. More >>
NI river users reminded to check, clean and dry
Thursday, 1 November 2007, 12:33 am | Biosecurity NZ
With the discovery of dead didymo cells in several central North Island rivers yesterday, MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) and Central North Island regional partner organisations are reminding anglers and other recreational freshwater users to check, clean and ... More >>
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Conf.
Wednesday, 24 October 2007, 12:31 am | Biosecurity NZ
For the second time since joining the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in 1925, New Zealand will host the OIE Regional Commission for Asia, the Far East and Oceania conference. More >>
Anglers Reminded To 'Check, Clean, Dry'
Tuesday, 25 September 2007, 4:40 pm | Biosecurity NZ
With the fishing season due to start next Monday (October 1, 2007), MAF Biosecurity New Zealand and Fish & Game are reminding anglers, and other recreational freshwater users of the importance of cleaning their equipment between waterways. More >>
Measures already in place for ‘Bluetongue’ virus
Sunday, 23 September 2007, 4:01 pm | Biosecurity NZ
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s biosecurity arm, MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) says New Zealand already has measures in place to protect against the introduction of bluetongue, but is nevertheless keeping an eye on the situation ... More >>
Interim emergency import measures for horses
Thursday, 6 September 2007, 10:52 am | Biosecurity NZ
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) has introduced interim emergency import requirements for horses from countries with endemic equine influenza, to further reduce the risk of the virus entering New Zealand. More >>
No evidence of equine influenza
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 1:55 pm | Biosecurity NZ
There is currently no evidence of equine influenza in New Zealand. MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) is growing more confident that the virus has not arrived in the country as investigations into the 97 horses imported from Australia progress ... More >>
Nelson varroa bee mite incursion update #19
Wednesday, 15 August 2007, 2:51 pm | Biosecurity NZ
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) surveillance completed in July confirmed varroa has not spread outside of the Controlled Area at the top of the South Island. More >>
Check, clean, dry still best way to control didymo
Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 9:54 am | Biosecurity NZ
The latest findings from MAF Biosecurity New Zealand’s Didymosphenia geminata (didymo) science programme were presented to the Didymo Technical Advisory Group and Long-Term Management partners at a seminar held in Wellington today. More >>
Biosecurity NZ acts on GM aquarium fish
Thursday, 19 July 2007, 12:03 am | Biosecurity NZ
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) yesterday entered four Christchurch premises in response to information that people at those addresses were breeding and/or selling genetically modified aquarium fish. More >>
OIE recognises NZ BSE risk as negligible
Friday, 1 June 2007, 3:54 pm | Biosecurity NZ
New Zealand has been granted neglible BSE risk disease status at the 75th General Session of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), held in Paris last week. More >>
