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Fruit Fly Controls On Auckland’s North Shore To Remain In Place Until April 10
Friday, 7 March 2025, 3:33 pm | Biosecurity New Zealand
"We’ve had fantastic support from the Birkdale community and sector groups to date, and we’re asking for that to continue a little longer out of an abundance of caution. It is vital to our success in keeping fruit fly from establishing in New Zealand," ... More >>
Birkdale Fruit Fly Update, February 22
Saturday, 22 February 2025, 1:57 pm | Biosecurity New Zealand
"Our team is back out today as we continue to ramp up our response efforts to ensure there are no other fruit flies around," Mike Inglis, Biosecurity New Zealand regional Commissioner North says. More >>
Biosecurity New Zealand Investigating And Boosting Trapping After New Auckland Fruit Fly Find
Thursday, 20 February 2025, 6:14 pm | Biosecurity New Zealand
“This is the same species of fruit fly that we responded to in Papatoetoe recently, but it is too early to say whether the two finds are linked. Our lab will do further DNA analysis of the fly in the coming days.” Inglis says biosecurity staff will ... More >>
Auckland Fruit Fly Controls Lifted
Thursday, 13 February 2025, 2:03 pm | Biosecurity New Zealand
The decision to end the operation follows more than a month of intensive fruit fly trapping and inspections of hundreds of kilograms of fruit. More >>
H7N6 In Otago – Situation Update 03 December 2024
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 1:35 pm | Biosecurity New Zealand
“Testing has confirmed further cases of an H7N6 subtype of avian influenza in chickens in a second shed at the farm,” Biosecurity New Zealand deputy director-general Stuart Anderson says. More >>
Strict Biosecurity Measures In Place On Chicken Farm
Monday, 2 December 2024, 1:48 pm | Biosecurity New Zealand
“Tests from the Mainland Poultry managed farm have identified a high pathogenic H7N6 subtype of avian influenza. While it is not the H5N1 type circulating among wildlife around the world that has caused concern we are taking the find seriously,” More >>
