Management

Whether it is recent arrivals like the invasive Didymo algae or more established threats like salvinia – controlling identified pests is the job of MAF Biosecurity New Zealand's Pest Management Group.

Staff work to control or eradicate pests across New Zealand. They are also focused on preventing unwanted marine or freshwater species from gaining a foothold in our rivers, lakes or coastal waters.

The group is split into two teams.

The Pest and Pathways team has responsibility for:

• programmes targeting top-priority pests nationwide – known as National Interest Pest Response programmes.
• preventing pests already established in New Zealand from spreading through the country or from region to region through measures such as the National Pest Plant Accord. See Pest and disease programmes.

The National Co-ordination team has responsibility for:

• developing national pest management strategies and priorities.
• co-ordinating the partnerships needed to successfully contain or eradicate pest species.
• monitoring the effectiveness of pest management measures across the public and private sectors. The team is currently developing a Performance Measurement Framework to ensure all programmes are delivering the best possible results.

For further information about the Pest Management Group contact us at pestmanagementgroup@maf.govt.nz.

Projects

• Future of Pest Management Project

Reports

• Economic Impacts of Pests
• The Current State of Rabbit Management In New Zealand: Issues, options and recommendations for the future (3230 KB)

Page last updated: 10 December 2009