News related to Response

  1. MAF assists with North Shore beach dog death investigations - 5 August 2009

    MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) is helping Auckland authorities to determine the cause of dog illness and death following visits to the city’s North Shore beaches.

  2. Feeding pigs untreated food waste results in conviction - 6 April 2009

    The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) is pleased with the conviction handed out in the Christchurch District Court on Thursday, the first under the Biosecurity (Meat and Food Waste for Pigs) Regulations 2005.

  3. MAF Biosecurity New Zealand acts on GM aquarium fish in New Zealand - 19 July 2007

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  4. MAF Biosecurity New Zealand continues GM fish search - Update - 25 September 2007

    MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) is continuing work tracing and seizing a number of genetically modified (GM) aquarium fish that are not permitted in the country.

  5. Candidatus Liberibacter spp bacterium detected in new host - 30 June 2008

    The Candidatus Liberibacter spp. bacterium, recently found in glasshouse tomato and capsicum crops, has now been detected in commercial potato crops in the Auckland region.

  6. New bacterium affects fresh tomatoes and capsicums - 4 June 2008

    MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) has today withdrawn phytosanitary certification for New Zealand fresh tomato and capsicum export produce until further notice, following the confirmation of a new disease-causing bacterium in three commercial hot-house operations in the North Island.

  7. New facility opens at the National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease - Wallaceville - 2 March 2010

    New Zealand's ability to manage a major disease outbreak was strengthened today with the opening of a new multipurpose facility at the National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease (NCBID) at Wallaceville, Upper Hutt.

  8. Hadda Beetle find in Auckland - 1 February 2010

    MAF Biosecurity New Zealand has identified the presence of Hadda beetles in Dove -Myer Robinson Park, along Tamaki Drive and the Auckland Domain in Auckland.

  9. 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.