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Food Safety Actions To Protect Consumers
Thursday, 27 May 2021, 2:22 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
New Zealand Food Safety has taken precautionary action following the detection of Salmonella Enteritidis at an Auckland poultry farm. This is a timely reminder to take the usual precautions around food safety at home, says Director of Food Regulation ... More >>
Bootcamps And Mental Health Wellbeing Events Target Young Farmers
Thursday, 27 May 2021, 9:25 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
A new initiative is being funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) to help improve the wellbeing of young people in rural communities. NZ Young Farmers has been allocated $40,000 to organise events in seven regional areas featuring guest ... More >>
Feedback Sought On Options To Reopen The Kaikōura Pāua Fishery
Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 2:17 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Fisheries New Zealand is seeking public feedback on recommendations from the Kaikōura Marine Guardians to reopen the Kaikōura coastline to pāua fishing. Fisheries New Zealand’s Manger for inshore Fisheries South, Allen Frazer says shellfish and seaweed ... More >>
New Programme Part Of $1.15m Effort To Boost Farmers’ Financial And Risk Management Skills
Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 10:11 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
New investment by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) will help enhance farmers’ financial risk management skills and prevent business failure. MPI is funding the development of an innovative new programme, which will be piloted in six locations ... More >>
Putting A Local Twist On Durum Wheat
Monday, 10 May 2021, 2:14 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
New Zealanders could be tucking into artisan pasta, pizza and bread made from durum wheat grown in the Wairarapa if a new project indicates there's a market for it. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is contributing $100,000 through its Sustainable ... More >>
New Forestry Scholarships Encourage More People Into A Career In Forestry
Monday, 10 May 2021, 11:29 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service has announced three new Ngā Karahipi Uru Rākau – Forestry Scholarships being offered through Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology in the Bay of Plenty starting 2022. The scholarships will encourage more ... More >>
New Food Technology Brings Vegetables Centre Stage
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 10:52 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is enabling New Zealand to tap into the growing market for plant-based products, where vegetables feature as a ‘centre of the plate’ item. A diverse range of new processed vegetable products is now ... More >>
Research Shows Growth In Tree Stock Sales
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 1:02 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Latest research by Te Uru Rākau - New Zealand Forest Service shows seedling sales hit almost 92 million seedlings in 2020, 3 million more than the year before, says Acting Deputy Director-General Henry Weston. The findings are an annual survey of ... More >>
Head Of Large Farm Company Fined Over NAIT Failure To Register 820 Animals
Monday, 3 May 2021, 3:50 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
The chief executive of a large farm business has been fined $3600 for four charges related to failing to register 820 animals under the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme. Kim Phillip Robinson (65) is CEO of Lochiel Farmlands ... More >>
Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service Explores Biofuels As A Major Opportunity For New Zealand
Monday, 3 May 2021, 10:52 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service is laying the foundations for a new biofuels industry, to turn forestry waste into a potential billion-dollar industry, and working on a business case with help from global investment experts Indufor Asia ... More >>
The Long Paws Is Over As Pets Fly From Canada To Their Owners In New Zealand After 12+ Months Apart
Friday, 30 April 2021, 1:25 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
A Noah’s ark charter flight from Canada, filled with dozens of beloved cats and dogs, means pet owners across Aotearoa will be reunited with their furry companions. Some of them have been waiting nearly 12 months, separated due to COVID-19, not knowing ... More >>
Cockle Bay Full-year Shellfish Ban Begins
Friday, 30 April 2021, 9:38 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
Fisheries New Zealand would like to remind people that gathering shellfish is no longer permitted at east Auckland’s Cockle Bay/Tuwakamana beach from Saturday, 1 May 2021. A full year-round closure to the recreational harvesting of shellfish ... More >>
Mid Canterbury Scheme Helping Rural Migrants Get Driver’s Licence Secures Funding
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 10:02 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is funding an initiative to help migrants living in rural Mid Canterbury get a driver’s licence, leading to greater independence. Under the programme, up to 24 mainly migrant women who live on rural properties or ... More >>
Future Of Counselling Services For Rural Māori Secured In South Otago
Tuesday, 6 April 2021, 10:57 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has stepped in to fund counselling services for rural Māori with addiction and mental health issues in South Otago. MPI is providing Māori health and social service provider Tokomairiro Waiora with almost $54,000 ... More >>
Repeat Pāua Poachers From Wellington And Napier Banned From Fishing For Three Years
Thursday, 1 April 2021, 3:37 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
A Lower Hutt man and a Napier man have each received three-year fishing bans for repeatedly taking excess and undersize pāua, in recent years. The men were sentenced in different courts for the unrelated offending yesterday. Under the Fisheries Act ... More >>
Rāhui And Legal Controls To Protect Bluff Oysters
Tuesday, 30 March 2021, 1:36 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Ngāi Tahu and Biosecurity New Zealand are today enacting a rāhui and a Controlled Area Notice to help protect the Foveaux Strait oyster fishery from potential spread of the parasite Bonamia ostreae, which was recently detected in the area. The measures ... More >>
Auckland Fishers Fined $ 4000 For Taking Cockles From A Closed Site
Tuesday, 30 March 2021, 10:53 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
A security guard, mother, and office worker were together fined $4000 plus $390 court costs for their part in taking cockles from Eastern Beach in Auckland, which has 18 signs along the beach warning of the closure. Jonathan Farrow-Russell, 35, ... More >>
New Zealand Food Safety Warns Consumers Not To Eat Raw Mussels
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 12:28 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
New Zealand Food Safety is advising people to stay safe from food poisoning by cooking mussels thoroughly before eating them. Dr Paul Dansted, director of food regulation at New Zealand Food Safety, says Vibrio parahaemolyticus are naturally occurring ... More >>
Auckland Man Fined $30,000 For Not Meeting Biosecurity Importing Requirements
Tuesday, 23 March 2021, 4:45 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
An Auckland businessman has been convicted and fined $30,000 for breaking rules intended to keep New Zealand safe from pests and diseases, and trying to cover it up. Sanjive Ramavtar Kapoor, 53, manager and owner of Divine Logistics Limited , ... More >>
Make Sure You Have A Grazing Contract In Time For Winter
Friday, 19 March 2021, 3:27 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
The Winter Grazing Action Group (WGAG) is stressing to farmers the importance of having grazing contracts in place for the coming season. The group was set up by Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor last year in response to a report from the ... More >>
