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Finalists Named In Good Employer Awards
Monday, 15 March 2021, 11:03 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
Promoting the food and fibres sector as a great place to work is a priority for employers, Ministry for Primary Industries Deputy Director-General Karen Adair said as she announced the finalists in the second Primary Industries Good Employer Awards. ... More >>
Recreational Fishers Caught With Nearly 5 Times Legal Limit Of Snapper
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 3:29 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
MPI Fishery Officers caught a group of recreational fishers with nearly 5 times the legal limit of snapper yesterday (March 10, 2021). Four MPI Fishery Officers were on patrol aboard the vessel Kaitiaki II when they discovered three men who were ... More >>
Forestry Futures Strengthened Through Training And Jobs
Monday, 8 March 2021, 10:38 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
The forestry sector continues to provide career opportunities for New Zealanders, with Te Uru Rākau delivering $1.5 million into training and employment projects to help the sector meet labour and skills gaps. Acting Deputy Director General Henry ... More >>
Forestry Projects Restore Biodiversity, Waterways, And Jobs To Awhitu Peninsula
Monday, 1 March 2021, 12:51 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Restoring native trees and biodiversity and improving waterways on Auckland’s Awhitu Peninsula will be accelerated thanks to two projects supported and funded by the One Billion Trees Fund, administered by Te Uru Rākau – Forestry New Zealand. ... More >>
Views Sought On Additional Proposals For The ETS Forestry Regulations
Monday, 1 March 2021, 8:32 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
Te Uru Rākau - Forestry New Zealand is seeking feedback on proposed amendments to the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Forestry Regulations that it hopes will encourage new planting of both indigenous and exotic forest. These latest proposals ... More >>
Crown And Kiwifruit Sector Plaintiffs Settle Long-running Litigation Over Psa
Saturday, 13 February 2021, 2:28 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
The Crown and kiwifruit sector plaintiffs have reached an out-of-court settlement to the long-running litigation arising from the 2010 incursion of the kiwifruit vine disease, Psa. The plaintiffs, Strathboss Kiwifruit Limited, representing a group ... More >>
Heat Stress A Priority During Busy Year For Animal Welfare Work
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 3:23 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
A significant amount of work is under way this year to update animal welfare codes and provide updated advice to farmers for issues such as heat stress, says the Ministry for Primary Industries. MPI veterinarian and director for animal health and welfare ... More >>
Sustainably Produced Beef Patties Aimed To Become ‘new Normal’
Thursday, 4 February 2021, 9:32 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
It’s possible to produce a beef patty sustainably across the supply chain in New Zealand, a year-long trial has shown. Key players in the red meat industry partnered with the Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI’s) Sustainable Food & ... More >>
Recall Of Salads To Manage Listeria Risk
Saturday, 30 January 2021, 8:19 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) is advising the public to return or dispose of specific batches of various ready-to-eat salads as they may contain listeria bacteria. South Island Fresh Foods is recalling specific ready-to-eat salads nationwide following ... More >>
Auckland Team Wins Award For Work To Reduce The Use Of Animals In Research And Testing
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 3:54 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Dr Benjamin Albert and his colleagues from the Liggins Institute, Auckland University, are the winners of the 2020 Aotearoa New Zealand John Schofield 3Rs Implementation Award. The 3Rs promote the reduction and replacement of animals used in research, ... More >>
Pic’s Peanut Butter To Trial Growing Peanuts In Northland
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 9:53 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
Pic’s Peanut Butter has kicked off a project to look at the feasibility of growing peanuts commercially in Northland, with backing from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). The $91,320 project is led by Picot Productions, and MPI is contributing more ... More >>
Hui Planned For Marae-based Project Teaching Kaipara Residents To Grow Kai
Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 3:09 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is funding a new marae-based project to help Kaipara residents grow their own food. The first of four educational hui will be held this month to teach people how to transform their backyards into food bowls. ... More >>
$31,500 Fine For Bird Nest Sales
Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 2:16 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
An Auckland beauty salesperson has been fined $31,500 for possession, selling and attempting to sell unauthorised dry edible bird’s nests through the social media channel WeChat following a Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) investigation. Linying ... More >>
2021 Primary Industries Good Employer Awards Opens For Entries
Monday, 11 January 2021, 11:30 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
Entries are open for the 2021 Primary Industries Good Employer Awards, says Ministry for Primary Industries’ Director of Investment, Skills and Performance, Cheyne Gillooly. The Awards, run by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and the Agricultural ... More >>
Detector Dogs Could Sniff Out AFB And Save Beekeepers Millions Of Dollars
Monday, 28 December 2020, 11:43 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
Training dogs to sniff out the highly infectious bacterial disease American Foulbrood (AFB) in beehives could save New Zealand’s beekeeping industry several million dollars a year. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is contributing $50,000 ... More >>
Recall Of One Batch Of Turk’s Poultry Farm Smoked Chicken
Friday, 25 December 2020, 8:15 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
New Zealand Food Safety is advising the public to return Turk's Poultry Farm-branded whole bird smoked chicken as some chickens in one batch may be undercooked. Batch number 6728 with a best before date of 3/2/2021 is affected by this recall. Affected ... More >>
Dairy Farmer Who Broke Tails Of 136 Dairy Cows Fined $40,000 And Put Under Intensive Supervision
Wednesday, 16 December 2020, 12:37 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
A Taranaki dairy farmer has been fined $40,000 and put under two years intensive supervision for breaking the tails of 136 cows and docking the tails of 26 cows. Lane Rodney Wiggins, 53, had earlier pleaded guilty to two charges under the Animal ... More >>
New Research Aims To Increase Longevity Of Bumblebee Hives For NZ Growers
Monday, 14 December 2020, 2:58 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
New research backed by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) could help bumblebee hives to live longer and be more efficient. The new project is researching ways to protect the long-term sustainability of New Zealand horticulture, including how to ... More >>
New Database Of 24,000 Pests To Protect Aotearoa
Thursday, 3 December 2020, 11:52 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
A new online tool, the Official New Zealand Pest Register (ONZPR), launched today, will help protect Aotearoa from more than 24,000 biosecurity threats and support exporters selling Kiwi produce to the world. The register is a one-stop-shop for ... More >>
Updated Food Safety Guidance Gives Pregnant Women More Certainty And Choice On A Wider Range Of Foods
Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 10:14 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
New research from New Zealand Food Safety provides pregnant women with more options and certainty about what they can safely eat with updated tips to avoid foodborne illness. "We’ve looked at new foods that were not previously considered because ... More >>
