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End To Successful Oriental Fruit Fly Response In Papatoetoe
Monday, 30 March 2026, 12:39 pm | Biosecurity New Zealand
Biosecurity New Zealand staff will be out in the community handing out flyers about the response closure and personally thanking residents and business owners for their contribution to the effort. More >>
New Technology Introduced For Autumn Push In Hornet Eradication
Wednesday, 25 March 2026, 11:11 am | Biosecurity New Zealand
Biosecurity New Zealand’s Commissioner North, Mike Inglis, says the response toolkit will soon be boosted with new AI-enabled cameras to help monitor hornets. More >>
Groundbreaking New Zealand Product Set To Tackle Yellow-Legged Hornets
Tuesday, 10 March 2026, 9:41 am | Biosecurity New Zealand
Mike Inglis, Commissioner North, says the agency will soon be using a locally developed protein-based insecticide bait that has proven extremely successful on wasps and is expected to be effective against the hornet. More >>
Oriental Fruit Fly Update, March 4
Wednesday, 4 March 2026, 11:30 am | Biosecurity New Zealand
Testing has shown that all four of the fruit flies that have been discovered share genetic links. This makes it highly likely they have all come from a single source. More >>
Response Continues In Papatoetoe, With No Further Fruit Flies Found Today
Tuesday, 3 March 2026, 1:23 pm | Biosecurity New Zealand
Residents in the two new areas subject to Zone A restrictions will receive a bin to securely dispose of their fruit and vegetable waste. More >>
Fruit Fly Surveillance Area Widens In Papatoetoe
Monday, 2 March 2026, 7:10 pm | Biosecurity New Zealand
Mr Inglis says the fruit fly poses no human health risk, but there would be an economic cost to the horticulture industry if it were allowed to establish here. More >>
Oriental Fruit Fly Update – Saturday 28 February
Saturday, 28 February 2026, 2:34 pm | Biosecurity New Zealand
Our stepped-up surveillance continues in Papatoetoe. No further fruit flies have been found. Our response team is continuing its work, installing signage, checking traps, and picking up waste from bins in the area for safe disposal. Fruit and vegetable ... More >>
Fruit Fly Response Ramps Up In Papatoetoe
Friday, 27 February 2026, 2:01 pm | Biosecurity New Zealand
The area where controls are in place has 2 zones – Zone A is a 200-metre zone, including 501 properties. Zone B covers a 1,500-metre area, including 9,481 properties. More >>
Restrictions Now In Place On Fruit And Vegetable Movements In Papatoetoe
Thursday, 26 February 2026, 2:52 pm | Biosecurity New Zealand
The Oriental fruit fly was found in one of Biosecurity New Zealand’s national surveillance traps placed in fruit trees in residential back yards. No other fruit flies have been found in traps in the area. More >>
Biosecurity New Zealand Investigating And Boosting Trapping After Oriental Fruit Fly Find
Wednesday, 25 February 2026, 8:31 pm | Biosecurity New Zealand
The fruit fly poses no human health risk, but there would be an economic cost to the horticulture industry if it were allowed to establish here. More >>
Radio Tracker Use Ramps Up – More Hornet Nests Found
Tuesday, 3 February 2026, 9:55 am | Biosecurity New Zealand
Biosecurity New Zealand’s Commissioner North, Mike Inglis, says the technique - attaching tiny radio transmitters to worker hornets and tracking them back to their nests - has quickly become a core tool in the response programme. More >>
Fruit Fly Controls In Auckland’s Mt Roskill To Remain In Place A Little Longer
Tuesday, 27 January 2026, 11:19 am | Biosecurity New Zealand
The controls have been in place since the discovery of a single male fruit fly in a surveillance trap in early January. More >>
Hornet Tracking Technology Proving Effective
Tuesday, 20 January 2026, 12:01 pm | Biosecurity New Zealand
Mr Inglis says Biosecurity New Zealand’s on-the-ground team lure worker hornets to a feeding station and observe their movements to help estimate nest proximity. More >>
Support From Local Community Key In Response To Mt Roskill Fruit Fly Find
Friday, 16 January 2026, 10:12 am | Biosecurity New Zealand
“So far, we haven’t found any further fruit flies, larvae, or eggs, which helps provide assurance that we are not dealing with a breeding population,” says Mike Inglis, Biosecurity New Zealand commissioner north. More >>
Response To Fruit Fly Find In Mt Roskill Continues
Monday, 12 January 2026, 12:06 pm | Biosecurity New Zealand
The biosecurity response to the find of a single male Queensland fruit fly in Auckland’s Mt Roskill continues with extra traps in place, fruit testing underway, and great engagement from the community says Mike Inglis, Biosecurity New Zealand Commissioner ... More >>
Fruit FlyResponse In Auckland Continues
Friday, 9 January 2026, 2:54 pm | Biosecurity New Zealand
“Today,we are erecting signage in the control areas where measures have been put in place to restrict the movement of fresh fruit and vegetables." More >>
Fruit Fly Investigation Continues In Auckland – Controls On Produce Movement Now In Place
Thursday, 8 January 2026, 3:18 pm | Biosecurity New Zealand
The pest was found in one of Biosecurity New Zealand’s national surveillance traps which are placed in fruit trees in residential backyards. To date, no other flies have been found in surveillance traps. More >>
Biosecurity New Zealand Investigating And Boosting Trapping After Finding Fruit Fly In Auckland
Wednesday, 7 January 2026, 4:44 pm | Biosecurity New Zealand
The fruit fly poses no human health risk, but there would be an economic cost to the horticulture industry if it were allowed to establish here. More >>
Public Urged To Remain Vigilant For Hornets Over Summer Holidays
Monday, 22 December 2025, 10:21 am | Biosecurity New Zealand
Biosecurity New Zealand wants to hear from anyone who has a suspected hornet specimen, has located a possible nest, or has taken a clear photo. More >>
Finish Line In Sight In Mycoplasma Bovis Eradication
Monday, 1 December 2025, 3:56 pm | Biosecurity New Zealand
“Spring bulk tank milk testing across the country has found no sign of M. bovis. That’s a big win,” says MPI Director-General Ray Smith. More >>
