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Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries

Monday, 10 June 2013, 4:37 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

The primary industries are continuing to perform well in the face of significant challenges this year, according to the Ministry for Primary Industries, and the medium-term outlook is very positive. More >>

Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries: MPI Statement

Monday, 10 June 2013, 10:20 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

Statement from the Ministry for Primary Industries. The primary industries are continuing to perform well in the face of significant challenges this year, according to the Ministry for Primary Industries, and the medium-term outlook is very positive. More >>

Bringing UK experience to animal disease outbreak management

Thursday, 6 June 2013, 10:02 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

Enhancing New Zealand’s ability to manage outbreaks of significant animal disease, in particular foot and mouth disease (FMD), is a priority for the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). More >>

Student denied entry to NZ for biosecurity offence

Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 1:24 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

An overseas student has been denied entry into New Zealand after failing to declare meat and fish he was carrying in his travel baggage to Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) officials at Auckland airport. More >>

No changes to management of striped marlin

Friday, 24 May 2013, 3:53 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

Recreational fishers have had their fears of commercialisation of New Zealand’s striped marlin allayed. The Ministry for Primary Industries has announced there will be no changes to the management of striped marlin. More >>

MPI working to clear meat to China

Thursday, 23 May 2013, 3:59 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

New export certificates are being issued to release containers of meat products held up at the Chinese border, the Ministry for Primary Industries said today. More >>

Pest water weed eradicated from South Island

Wednesday, 15 May 2013, 3:01 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) today confirms that the invasive aquatic weed hornwort has been eradicated from the South Island. “Hornwort is a significant threat to the ecology of fresh water ecosystems and can affect the functioning of ... More >>

Government and fishing industry trial technology

Friday, 10 May 2013, 4:19 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and the Department of Conservation (DOC), in partnership with the fishing industry, have recently trialled an electronic monitoring programme in the Timaru set net fishery. More >>

MPI swoops on suspected illegal poultry operation

Thursday, 2 May 2013, 3:04 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) Investigators have executed search warrants at two premises in the Flat Bush area in Manukau, Auckland believed to be involved in an illegal poultry operation. More >>

Court sends strong message to fisherman for false reporting

Wednesday, 24 April 2013, 3:16 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

A Tauranga based commercial fisherman and skipper has been convicted for misreporting over 15 tonnes of fish and sentenced to seven months home detention and 200 hours of community service. More >>

Biosecurity staff pounce on lion parts

Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 4:32 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) staff pounced when a passenger arrived at Auckland airport last week carrying a lion tooth and claw. More >>

Hairy biosecurity risk item stopped at border

Thursday, 4 April 2013, 2:24 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

Untreated Australian horse hair destined for a Kiwi toy didn't make it any further than Wellington airport last week. A Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) quarantine inspector seized the horse tail from a passenger arriving from Sydney. More >>

MPI swoops on suspected illegal mills in Nelson

Tuesday, 2 April 2013, 12:20 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

MPI (Ministry for Primary Industries) has seized some 10 cubic metres of suspected illegally milled indigenous timber in the Nelson region following the execution of search warrants at three sites. More >>

Biosecurity check for Easter bunny

Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 4:54 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) border staff got the opportunity to meet the Easter bunny up close yesterday. More >>

27 March 2013 A Whitianga local has been fined $1000 plus c

Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 4:51 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

A Whitianga local has been fined $1000 plus court costs of $132, and all of his dive gear forfeited, after being caught at sea with more than three times the recreational daily limit for scallops.Of the 175 scallops seized, 41 were undersized. More >>

MPI investigates GM breach at Lincoln University

Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 3:43 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is investigating how a genetically modified (GM) fungus came to be used outside approved containment facilities at Lincoln University’s campus. More >>

MPI welcomes judgment on pork imports

Monday, 18 March 2013, 1:06 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is pleased with today’s Court of Appeal judgment which found that MPI followed the correct decision-making process before allowing imports of raw pork from countries where the disease Porcine Reproductive ... More >>