Plant Quarantine Facilities

Plant post entry quarantine facilities are approved to the standard PBC-NZ-TRA-PQCON: Specification for the Registration of a Plant Quarantine or Containment Facility, and Operator Link to PDF document (103 KB).

Further information on the import requirements for propagative plant material may be found at:

Below is a list of facilities approved to the standard PBC-NZ-TRA-PQCON that provide plant quarantine to members of the public, or commercial importers, on a cost recovered basis. Please contact the facility directly to discuss the scope of their approval, and ability to provide quarantine space for particular crops.

Facilities listed below in bold have experience with crops that require traceability in post entry quarantine (i.e. high value crops that require testing).

Level 1 PEQ facilities

Facility NameFacility #LocationContact Details
Plant & Food Research 2787 Fitzherbert Science Centre
Batchelar Road
Palmerston North
Mary Horner
Email: Mary.Horner@plantandfood.co.nz
Ph: (06) 975 8930
Fax: (06) 975 8881
Plant & Food Research 4546 Fitzherbert Science Centre
Batchelar Road
Palmerston North
Mary Horner
Email: Mary.Horner@plantandfood.co.nz
Ph: (06) 975 8930
Fax: (06) 975 8881

Level 2 PEQ facilities – greenhouse

Facility NameFacility #LocationContact Details
Landcare Research 779 Canterbury Agricultural & Science Centre
Gerald Street
Lincoln
Dave Purcell
Email: PurcellD@landcareresearch.co.nz
Lifetech Laboratories Ltd 2806 Albany Highway
Albany
Auckland
Debbie Abernethy
Email: deba@lifetech.co.nz
Ph: +64 9 415 9873
Fax: +64 9 415 9893
Pattullo’s Nurseries 3270 Links Road
Napier
Kerry Sixtus
Email: pnltd@airnet.net.nz
Ph: +64 6 844 6310
Fax: +64 6 844 6310
Plant & Food Research 2787 Fitzherbert Science Centre
Batchelar Road
Palmerston North
Mary Horner
Email: Mary.Horner@plantandfood.co.nz
Ph: (06) 975 8930
Fax: (06) 975 8881
Plant & Food Research 3394 Corner of Crosses and St Georges Road
Havelock North
Mary Horner
Email: Mary.Horner@plantandfood.co.nz
Ph: (06) 975 8930
Fax: (06) 975 8881
Plant & Food Research 4985 Canterbury Agricultural & Science Centre
Gerald Street
Lincoln
Mary Horner
Email: Mary.Horner@plantandfood.co.nz
Ph: (06) 975 8930
Fax: (06) 975 8881
Plantlife Propagators 3033 Winchester Street
Ashhurst
Dave Lloyd
Email: dave@plantlife.co.nz
Ph: +64 6 326 8011
Fax: +64 6 326 8011
Te Horo Ornamentals 863 Settlement Road
Te Horo
Geoff Jewel
Email: geoff@tehoro-protea.co.nz
Ph: +64 6 364 2051
Tuckers Orchid Nursery 844 Bayswater Avenue
Bayswater
Auckland
Ross and Susan Tucker
Email: orchids@clear.net.nz
Ph: +64 9 473 8629
Fax: +64 9 473 8629
Van Lier Nurseries 771 Chamberlain Road
Massey
Auckland
Joanne Hurley
Email: joanne@vanlier.co.nz
Ph: +64 9 412 2664
Fax: +64 9 412 2634
Waimea Nurseries 869 Golden Hills Road
RD1
Richmond
Natasha Crawford
Email: natasha@waimeanurseries.co.nz
Ph: +64 3 544 2700
Fax: +64 3 544 2647

Level 2 PEQ facilities – tissue culture laboratory

Facility NameFacility #LocationContact Details
Lifetech Laboratories Ltd 2806 Albany Highway
Albany
Auckland
Debbie Abernethy
Email: deba@lifetech.co.nz
Ph: +64 9 415 9873
Fax: +64 9 415 9893
Multiflora Laboratories 2717 Rosebank Road
Avondale
Auckland
Antony Toledo
Email: antony@multiflora.co.nz
Ph: +64 9 828 2221
Fax: +64 9 828 0011
Plant & Food Research 2787 Fitzherbert Science Centre
Batchelar Road
Palmerston North
Mary Horner
Email: Mary.Horner@plantandfood.co.nz
Ph: (06) 975 8930
Fax: (06) 975 8881

Level 3 PEQ facilities – greenhouse

Facility NameFacility #LocationContact Details
ArborGen NZ Unlimited 4232 State Highway 30
Te Teko
Whakatane
Christine Scrimgeour
Email: Christine.Scrimgeour@arborgen.co.nz
Ph: +64 7 322 9030
Fax: +64 7 322 8451
MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory 5022 Morrin Road
St Johns
Auckland
Brian Quinn
Email: PEQTesting@maf.govt.nz 
Ph: +64 9 909 5708
Fax: +64 9 909 5739
Plant & Food Research 4546 Palmerston North Research Centre
Palmerston North
Mary Horner
Email: Mary.Horner@plantandfood.co.nz
Ph: (06) 975 8930
Fax: (06) 975 8881

Level 3 PEQ facilities – tissue culture laboratory

Facility NameFacility #LocationContact Details
ArborGen NZ Unlimited 4232 State Highway 30
Te Teko
Whakatane
Christine Scrimgeour
Email: Christine.Scrimgeour@arborgen.co.nz
Ph: +64 7 322 9030
Fax: +64 7 322 8451
Lifetech Laboratories Ltd 2806 Albany Highway
Albany
Auckland
Debbie Abernethy
Email: deba@lifetech.co.nz
Ph: +64 9 415 9873
Fax: +64 9 415 9893
MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory 5022 Morrin Road
St Johns
Auckland
Brian Quinn
Email: PEQTesting@maf.govt.nz 
Ph: +64 9 909 5708
Fax: +64 9 909 5739
Plant & Food Research 4546 Palmerston North Research Centre
Palmerston North
Mary Horner
Email: Mary.Horner@plantandfood.co.nz
Ph: (06) 975 8930
Fax: (06) 975 8881
The Tree Lab 4324 Zen’s Centre
Rotorua
Jenny Aitken
Email: jenny@thetreelab.com
Ph: +64 7 343 9050
Fax: +64 343 6124

Page last updated: 25 May 2012