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MPI Backs Project To Establish Internationally Competitive Hemp Seed Processing Plant
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 12:39 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
A new project backed by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) aims to establish a hemp seed processing plant in New Zealand that could be a gamechanger for the local hemp industry. MPI is contributing more than $245,000 to Hemp Connect’s two-year ... More >>
Auckland Fishery Officers Vary Tactics Protecting Resources During COVID-19
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 10:25 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
MPI fishery officers are using digital technology to protect our vast fishery resources during Auckland’s COVID-19 restrictions. During the first lockdown in 2020, Fishery Officers were able to work as per normal, but that wasn’t the case during the recent ... More >>
Southland Company Sentenced For Repeatedly Set Netting In Marine Reserves, Dolphin Protection Zones And Shark Finning
Friday, 12 November 2021, 3:00 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
A Southland fishing company has been fined $18,000 and their boat skipper $6,750 for set netting in marine protected areas, along with removing fins from sharks and discarding the bodies at sea. In addition to the fines, the fishing vessel Jacob, ... More >>
Canterbury Anniversary Day - Fishery Officers Will Be Patrolling
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 2:44 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
MPI Fishery Officers will be busy inspecting catches and reminding people about the recreational fishing rules around the Christchurch region this long weekend. MPI Fishery Officer Nick Chan says the inspections will target fishers on land and ... More >>
Review Of Mycoplasma Bovis Programme Identifies Key Lessons To Strengthen Biosecurity
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 10:58 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
An independent review of the Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme has found it is on track to achieve a world-first eradication and makes recommendations to improve the wider biosecurity system. The review found that the programme, a partnership ... More >>
More Than Half A Million Trees Planted To Celebrate Local Community Heroes
Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 10:14 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
Communities across New Zealand are doing their part to increase native tree planting while celebrating and honouring their local community heroes, with more than half a million trees planted across the country. The One Billion Trees-funded Matariki ... More >>
Major Forestry Study To Assess Performance Of Erosion And Sediment Control Practices
Monday, 8 November 2021, 1:41 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Safeguarding New Zealand’s waterways is the key driver behind a seven-year study into the performance of control practices for reducing erosion and sediment delivered to rivers from forest harvesting. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has partnered ... More >>
Future Of Forestry Continues To Attract Young Kiwis Taking Up Higher-level Study
Friday, 5 November 2021, 11:10 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
More young New Zealanders are making forestry and wood-processing their future with seven more talented applicants joining the Ngā Karahipi Uru Rākau – Forestry Scholarship programme. “It is fantastic to keep seeing young people embarking on ... More >>
Raw Sugar Recalled Due To Lead Concerns
Friday, 5 November 2021, 6:18 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
Chelsea Sugar New Zealand is undertaking a recall of raw sugar because of low-level lead contamination. A New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) expert science assessment, which has been independently peer-reviewed, found the immediate food safety risk from this ... More >>
Taranaki Fishery Officers Out Patrolling Popular Spots This Week
Tuesday, 2 November 2021, 2:48 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Fishery Officers in Taranaki will be busy inspecting catch and reminding people about the recreational fishing rules this week. MPI Fisheries Compliance District Team leader, Jason Howat, says the inspections will target pāua gatherers in low ... More >>
Failure To Register NAIT Animals Costly Under Updated Penalties Regime
Monday, 1 November 2021, 11:44 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
A Dargaville farmer who failed to register 500 animals under the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme has been fined $14,000. Beef and Dairy farmer, Cameron Lloyd Banicevich (46) was sentenced in a reserved decision at the Dargaville ... More >>
Marlborough Anniversary Day – Don’t Get Caught Out By Not Knowing The Rules
Thursday, 28 October 2021, 2:42 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
MPI’s Fishery Officers will be busy inspecting catches and reminding people about the recreational fishing rules throughout this anniversary day weekend. District Team Leader Anthony Little says there are various rules specific to the area which ... More >>
212 Pāua From Closed Kaikōura Area Found In Car Boot
Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 4:46 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
MPI Fishery Officers in Kaikōura are investigating, following the discovery of 212 pāua in the boot of a car. Yesterday (Tuesday) at about 5pm, Police stopped the driver of a car on another matter and found a large sack of pāua in the boot. ... More >>
Sunflowers A Rotational Crop Option For New Zealand Growers
Tuesday, 12 October 2021, 12:24 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Growing sunflowers to produce hi-oleic oil could provide additional income for New Zealand growers as a rotational crop during the summer period, new research has found. The Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) has concluded a three-year project looking ... More >>
Feedback Sought On Camera Roll Out And Further Protection For Hector's Dolphins
Monday, 11 October 2021, 3:32 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Fisheries New Zealand is inviting people to have their say on proposals for the wider roll-out of cameras across New Zealand’s inshore fishing fleet, as well as measures to further protect Hector’s dolphins. Together, these changes will provide ... More >>
Failure To Register NAIT Animals Costly For Two Taranaki Farmers Under New Regime
Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 9:48 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
A Hawera farmer is one of a number of farmers who has recently been convicted for failing to register his animals under the NAIT scheme. Ross Gordon Clark (51) was fined $20,000 in the Hawera District Court yesterday after earlier pleading guilty ... More >>
$1.05 Million Fine For Seafood Company Owner Behind Chatham Islands Illegal Fishing Operation
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 10:50 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
A seafood company owner has been fined heavily fined for a commercial scam responsible for almost $1 million worth of black market pāua and crayfish from the Chatham Islands <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2110/6ab12aed50b6896b4dba.jpeg" ... More >>
Biosecurity Awards Finalists Protecting Every Corner Of New Zealand
Friday, 1 October 2021, 10:27 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
The 2021 Biosecurity Awards finalists named today show the huge effort under way to protect New Zealand from pests and diseases. The 24 finalists named out of a record number of 90 entries include an iwi partnering with local and central government ... More >>
Waikato Farmer Fined $9000 And Restricted From Owning Cows
Friday, 24 September 2021, 1:37 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
A farmer who underfed nearly 300 cows and heifers has been fined $9,000, ordered to pay vet costs of $1,763 and faces permanent restrictions on the number of animals he can own. Nigel George Rowan (74) pleaded guilty to three charges under the Animal ... More >>
Changes To Fisheries Rules For Sustainability
Friday, 24 September 2021, 8:53 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
Fishing rules for 15 fish stocks around the country have been updated as part of a twice-yearly review. The Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, David Parker decided on these changes following a review of science information and a public consultation. ... More >>
