Fruit and vegetables movement restricted after fruit fly found
"The rules now in place prohibit moving fruit and vegetables out of a specified controlled area around where the fruit fly was found." The controlled space in Birkdale and nearby areas has two zones - ...
No evidence of spreading population after second fruit fly discovery says NZ's head of biosecurity
There's no evidence of a breeding population after the discovery of a second fruit fly on Thursday, according to New ...
Auckland Fruit Fly – Controls On Produce Movements Now In Place
Biosecurity New Zealand has now placed legal controls on the movement of fruit and vegetables in the Auckland suburb of ...
Fruit fly scare: Zone map, rules for fruit, vege movement revealed for Auckland’s North Shore
A map has been released of the two zones with restrictions on fruit and vegetable movement on Auckland’s North Shore after a ...
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Fruit fly discovery 'concerning'
Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ) says that discovery of a male Oriental fruit fly on Auckland’s North Shore is a cause for ...
ACC Tough For Older Māori To Navigate, Research Finds
A recent study by Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, and Te Arawa Whānau Ora Collective showed the ACC claim rate ...
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Biosecurity New Zealand Investigating And Boosting Trapping After New Auckland Fruit Fly Find
A biosecurity operation is under way and extra field teams are today in the suburb of Birkdale, on Auckland’s North Shore, ...
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The discovery of a fruit fly on Auckland's North Shore has caused concern among horticulturalists
Biosecurity New Zealand says the male Oriental fruit fly was trapped in a Birkdale backyard yesterday morning. Horticulture New Zealand says its larvae is capable of feeding on more than 300 types of ...
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Horticulturists are being urged to be on the lookout once more for traces of fruit fly
Biosecurity New Zealand says the male Oriental fruit fly was trapped in a Birkdale backyard on Auckland's North Shore yesterday morning. Officials have since ramped up inspections within the discovery ...
New Zealand’s bug of the year is an ancient worm that spits poison goo
Of all the bugs New Zealanders could have selected to win an international competition, they chose neither the prettiest, nor ...
Huge restoration and pest control project planned for three of NZ's largest islands
Three of New Zealand's islands could become home to a massive pest eradication and ecosystem restoration project, thanks to partnership project with overseas charities.