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Pilot Project Aims To Establish Commercial Seaweed Farming Sector In New Zealand
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 2:10 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
A $5 million commercial regenerative seaweed farming pilot backed by the Government could mark the beginning of a new industry for New Zealand. “Through our Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund (SFF Futures) we’re investing nearly $2 million in ... More >>
MPI Media Release On Sugar Recall
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 9:20 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) is investigating following a further recall of about 8000 packets of Woolworths raw sugar from Countdown supermarkets nationwide tonight (December 8). New Zealand Sugar Company Ltd provided incorrect information to supermarkets ... More >>
New Zealand Food Safety Investigates Sugar Recalls
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 8:59 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) is investigating following a further recall of about 8000 packets of Woolworths raw sugar from Countdown supermarkets nationwide tonight (December 8). Sugar New Zealand provided incorrect information to supermarkets which ... More >>
Research Funding Available In The Battle Against Marine Pests
Friday, 3 December 2021, 3:15 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is investing $650,000 to help stamp out invasive marine pests and help the aquaculture industry. Pest management and eradication have proven difficult, in particular at ports and marinas. The MPI funding is earmarked ... More >>
Kaikōura’s Pāua Fishery Reopens For Three Months
Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 9:24 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
Kaikōura’s pāua fishery reopens today after being closed for five years following the 2016 earthquakes that caused significant seabed uplift and damage to the marine habitat. The decision follows public consultation and input from tangata whenua on ... More >>
Waiheke Island Scallop, Mussel, Rock Lobster And Pāua Fisheries To Close For Two Years
Monday, 29 November 2021, 11:24 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
The Waiheke Island scallop, mussel, rock lobster and pāua fisheries will close for a period of two years from 1 December. The decision by the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, David Parker follows a request from Ngāti Pāoa. The temporary closure ... More >>
MPI Evaluate Body Worn Cameras For Frontline Staff In The Wellington Region
Monday, 29 November 2021, 10:34 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
Fishery Officers and Honorary Fishery Officers are taking part in an evaluation of body worn cameras to help keep them safe on the job. “These officers work hard to ensure our fisheries are sustainable and their safety in this important work is ... More >>
Consultation Opens For Registration Of Forestry Advisers And Log Traders
Friday, 26 November 2021, 2:38 pm | Ministry For Primary Industries
Key players in the forestry industry are encouraged to have their say on the design of a new registration system for log traders and forestry advisors with consultation opening today. Legislation introduced in 2020 aims to raise professional standards ... More >>
Nominations Sought For New Hauraki Gulf Fisheries Plan Advisory Group
Friday, 26 November 2021, 10:16 am | Ministry For Primary Industries
Fisheries New Zealand is seeking nominations for members of a new advisory group to support implementation of Aotearoa’s first area specific fisheries plan – the Hauraki Gulf Fisheries Plan . Director of fisheries management Emma Taylor says ... More >>
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 >>
