This factsheet is to support the Earthquake Relief Fund application for uninsurable damage to primary industries.

This fact sheet outlines the characteristics of the red-vented bulbul exotic bird species. MPI received reports that a small number of these birds are once again present in the wider Auckland area. The Ministry is working in partnership with the Auckland Council and the Department of Conservation to capture the birds and prevent their establishment in New Zealand.

Processors of some ready-to-eat (RTE) foods must have procedures in place that manage Listeria. This factsheet provides simple tips to help keep Listeria out of RTE foods.

MPI is leading and managing a science programme to develop a robust science-based definition for monofloral mānuka honey to ensure consumers, overseas regulators, and industry can continue to have confidence in the safety and integrity of mānuka honey. This fact sheet updates this programme.

Ministry for Primary Industries - Schedule of Regulated Weed Seeds

This Primary Growth Partnership newsletter informs stakeholders and interested parties about PGP activities while also profiling one of the current PGP programmes in each issue.

This report describes the results of field trials of the settlement arrays undertaken in Westhaven Marina, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland. Three separate deployments of the settlement arrays were made: (i) October 2014 to January 2015, (ii) June 2015 to October 2015, and (iii) November 2015 to February 2016. The design of the field trials was based on a related review of scientific literature on the use settlement plates to sample biofouling assemblages and marine non-indigenous species.