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Cabinet has asked for detailed information on two options on handling the painted apple moth before a decision will be made.

  • Jim Sutton
  • Biosecurity

The Cabinet has approved a $30 million programme to attempt to eradicate the southern saltmarsh mosquito around the Kaipara Harbour, Associate Biosecurity Minister Marian Hobbs announced today.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Biosecurity

Funding for biosecurity programmes will be increased again in this week's Budget, Acting Biosecurity Minister Marian Hobbs said today.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Biosecurity

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry officials have turned back at the border more than one consignment of seed imports potentially contaminated with genetically modified material, Biosecurity Minister Jim Sutton said today.

  • Jim Sutton
  • Biosecurity

A new Memorandum of Understanding signed by the chief executives of the four central government departments with responsibility for biosecurity was a positive sign of the commitment to a whole-of-Government approach for this vital area, Biosecurity Mini

  • Jim Sutton
  • Biosecurity

Biotechnology is a wide subject, the technology of life.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Biosecurity

The formal declaration of Britain as foot and mouth disease free did not mean that New Zealanders should become complacent about the level of risk of an outbreak here, Biosecurity Minister Jim Sutton said today.

  • Jim Sutton
  • Biosecurity

Mr Speaker, I move that Standing Order 256 be suspended to permit the Finance and Expenditure Committee, in its consideration of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (Genetically Modified Organisms) Amendment Bill

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Biosecurity

Earlier this month, the Government announced its detailed decisions on the report and recommendations of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Biosecurity

The Government will continue to fund the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to eliminate Australian subterranean termites at Otorohanga but it will not compensate residents for property damage caused by the termites, the Associate Minister for Biosecurity, Marian Hobbs said today.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Biosecurity

The Government has not agreed to the aerial spraying of all of west Auckland to eradicate painted apple moth, acting Biosecurity Minister Marian Hobbs said today.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Biosecurity

“HSNO – Let’s make it work better”.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Biosecurity

The public awareness campaign about the risks of foot and mouth disease is winding up, but the risk of that or many other pests and diseases wreaking havoc in New Zealand is still with us, Biosecurity Minister Jim Suttonsays.

  • Jim Sutton
  • Biosecurity

Gives me an opportunity to acknowledge the partnership, which exists between MAF's biosecurity operations and yourselves as veterinarians.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Biosecurity

Tougher border control measures and tighter surveillance appear to be having an impact on illegal imports, Biosecurity Minister Jim Sutton said today.

  • Jim Sutton
  • Biosecurity

From today, anyone entering New Zealand with undeclared plant, animal, or food material will be fined $200 immediately.

  • Jim Sutton
  • Biosecurity

New Zealand's exotic disease response system was implemented today after
the report of a potential disease outbreak in the King Country.

  • Jim Sutton
  • Biosecurity

New Zealand's exotic disease response system was implemented today after the report of a potential disease outbreak in King Country.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Biosecurity

Associate Biosecurity Minister Marian Hobbs has announced funding of $6 million over four years to combat the southern saltmarsh mosquito.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Biosecurity

Good morning, and let me add my welcome to this workshop to that of our sponsors for today’s session, the Northern Employers and Manufacturers Association. This is the first of five workshops designed to help us all come to grips with operating the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Biosecurity

Instant fines for passengers bringing prohibited food and plant matter into New Zealand would be implemented from June 18, Biosecurity Minister Jim Sutton said today.

  • Jim Sutton
  • Biosecurity

The Associate Minister of Biosecurity, Marian Hobbs, has announced a survey of selected South Island wetlands, rivers and lakes, to determine whether eradication of two unwanted fish species is possible.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Biosecurity

The government is to spend $550,0001 over the next two years to help control the spread of the Asian kelp Undaria Pinnatifida to areas of national and global importance.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Biosecurity

More than 40 per cent of all people entering New Zealand with undeclared food and other risk goods are New Zealanders, Biosecurity Minister Jim Sutton said today.

  • Jim Sutton
  • Biosecurity