News related to Painted Apple Moth
- Two Auckland pest moth populations declared eradicated - 21 March 2006
The West Auckland painted apple moth and Mt Wellington fall webworm moth populations have been declared eradicated, Biosecurity Minister Jim Anderton announced today.
- Testing confirms Painted Apple Moth find a new arrival - 2 June 2005
Scientific testing using two different techniques indicates that that the Painted Apple Moth (PAM) trapped at an Otahuhu container facility on 5 May 2005 was a new arrival, and not a remainder of the population in West Auckland that sparked eradication measures in 2002.
- Painted apple moth catch another immigrant - 11 October 2005
Biosecurity New Zealand today confirmed that a Painted apple moth trapped in Otahuhu on 26 August 2005 was most probably a hitchhiker that had arrived from Australia after it had pupated, rather than from an established New Zealand population.
- Joint response to tackle kauri dieback - 26 November 2008
Kauri dieback (Phytophthora taxon Agathis or PTA), the newly-identified disease attacking kauri trees, is being addressed by six agencies working together as one response team.