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Cockatoo permitted to stay on cruise ship
Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 9:30 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
A stowaway cockatoo from Brisbane has enjoyed a luxury cruise around New Zealand after biosecurity officials allowed it to stay on the vessel. More >>
New info leads to a small change in mānuka honey definition
Monday, 29 January 2018, 5:07 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has reissued the General Requirements for Bee Products Export Notice. More >>
Further measures to protect kauri
Friday, 26 January 2018, 4:09 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Three measures that will strengthen efforts to save kauri trees from dieback disease were agreed by the Kauri Dieback Governance Group when they met yesterday. More >>
Fine for plant smuggler
Friday, 19 January 2018, 12:34 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
An air passenger has been fined $2250 for following his cousin’s advice to smuggle plant cuttings and seeds into New Zealand. More >>
Sausage smuggler sent packing
Friday, 12 January 2018, 10:02 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
A Belgian air passenger has been forced to leave New Zealand after attempting to smuggle three sausages into Auckland. More >>
Stink bug treatment for Italian shipping containers
Thursday, 11 January 2018, 11:35 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
The Ministry for Primary Industries has introduced new treatment requirements to stop brown marmorated stink bug arriving into New Zealand in sea containers from Italy. More >>
Tests confirm Mycoplasma bovis on Ashburton farm
Tuesday, 9 January 2018, 3:43 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Tests confirm cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis on Ashburton farm The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) confirms that the bacterial cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis is present on a farm in the Ashburton area. The Ministry’s response incident controller ... More >>
Zero tolerance for poaching at Marine Reserve
Wednesday, 3 January 2018, 12:25 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and Department of Conservation (DOC) are warning that they will continue to take a zero tolerance approach towards people who poach from the Te Tapuwae o Rongokako Marine Reserve north of Gisborne. More >>
Orca capture incident on 6 December
Thursday, 21 December 2017, 12:48 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
On 6 December 2017 a dead female orca was brought up in the net of a deepwater trawl vessel 30 nautical miles northeast of Banks Peninsula. More >>
New Sustainable Farming Fund projects announced
Tuesday, 19 December 2017, 10:09 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has today announced an investment of around $7.15 million in 28 new Sustainable Farming Fund (SFF) projects. More >>
More properties positive for Mycoplasma bovis
Tuesday, 12 December 2017, 3:37 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has identified four new properties as positive for the bacterial cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis and strongly suspects one further property. More >>
More biosecurity officers for summer rush
Friday, 8 December 2017, 1:08 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Thirty-two new quarantine officers will graduate from their training today, bolstering the Ministry for Primary Industries’ biosecurity defences at the border. More >>
New vessel biofouling rules on their way
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 11:03 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
International vessel operators need to be aware of strict new rules for managing biofouling that will come into force next early year, says the Ministry for Primary Industries. More >>
MPI to business: be vigilant about gluten-free claims
Friday, 1 December 2017, 3:53 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
MPI reminds food businesses to be vigilant about gluten-free claims The Ministry for Primary Industries is reminding food businesses which make claims that their food is gluten-free to ensure their suppliers provide evidence of any claims they ... More >>
Second myrtle rust find in Auckland
Monday, 27 November 2017, 3:49 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
A second location of myrtle rust infection has been found in Auckland – this time in the city, on ramarama plants at a private property in St Lukes. Myrtle rust is a fungus that attacks and can potentially seriously affect myrtle species plants ... More >>
More biosecurity fines
Monday, 27 November 2017, 11:36 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
The Ministry for Primary Industries is taking a hard line on arriving air passengers who fail to declare items that could bring pests or diseases into New Zealand. So far this year, MPI officers have issued more than 9100 biosecurity infringements ... More >>
Myrtle rust appears in west Auckland
Thursday, 23 November 2017, 3:05 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
The fungal plant disease myrtle rust has been found for the first time in the Auckland region The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) says a serious infection of several hundred Lophomyrtus (ramarama) plants has been confirmed on a commercial plant production ... More >>
$10,000 fine for crayfish offences
Monday, 20 November 2017, 2:47 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Two Gisborne men, one a church minister, have been fined a total of more than $10,000 between them for a range of crayfish offences. More >>
Community meeting regarding Mycoplasma bovis
Friday, 17 November 2017, 8:47 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
MPI is holding a public meeting to provide an update to the farming community in the Waimate District about the current response to the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis. The meeting will provide the latest information on the response including ... More >>
Disappointing result for Northland fisheries compliance
Friday, 17 November 2017, 1:31 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
A fisheries compliance patrol on Northland’s West Coast has yielded disappointing results with non-compliance noted for almost 100 percent of inspections. More >>
