2019
6 August – Science Symposium will focus on safeguarding precious myrtles
9 May – First confirmed myrtle rust case on West Coast
2018
19 December – Biosecurity New Zealand and DOC warn of myrtle rust risk this summer
6 April – New approach to manage myrtle rust
19 March – Myrtle rust found for first time in Manawatu
27 February – Ban lifted on movement of myrtle rust plants in Taranaki
2017
1 December – Myrtle rust found in Wellington region
27 November – Second myrtle rust find in Auckland
23 November – Myrtle rust appears in west Auckland
31 October – Myrtle rust update
8 September – First new myrtle rust find of the spring made in Waikato region
28 June – Myrtle rust operation intensifies in bid to contain the disease
13 June – Myrtle rust fungus confirmed in Bay of Plenty
23 May – Myrtle rust find in new region
22 May – Myrtle rust response media update
20 May – Myrtle rust response media update
19 May – Myrtle rust response media update
18 May – Myrtle rust response media update
17 May – Myrtle rust appears in Taranaki
15 May – Kerikeri myrtle rust response media update
11 May – Kerikeri myrtle rust response media update
10 May – Kerikeri myrtle rust response media update
9 May – Kerikeri myrtle rust response media update
8 May (pm) – MPI confirms second infected site in myrtle rust outbreak
8 May (am) – Northland myrtle rust infection – still just the one confirmed property
5 May – Large operation underway to fight myrtle rust in Northland
4 May – Response underway following myrtle rust find – Beehive website
4 April – Serious fungal plant disease found on Raoul Island trees