Biosecurity

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If harmful pests and diseases get into New Zealand, they can cause damage. Biosecurity focuses on stopping them at the border or getting rid of the ones already here.

In this section

I tēnei wāhanga

About biosecurity in New Zealand

Policy and strategy to keep pests and diseases out of New Zealand

Pest and disease threats to New Zealand

Threats to our environment and primary industries

Find, report, and prevent pests and diseases

Report what you’ve found, search a list of pests, and improve biosecurity on your property

Biosecurity at New Zealand's border

New Zealand’s border process help stop harmful pests and diseases at the border, protecting our environment and primary industries

Exotic pests and diseases in New Zealand

Surveillance programmes, incursion responses, and long-term management programmes

Biosecurity and your pets

Find out how to help stop pets becoming pests

Foot and mouth

What farmers can do to help keep foot and mouth disease out of NZ.

Airport worker examining x-ray of baggage.

Our biosecurity history

Find out how services evolved to protect NZ from pests and diseases (NZ History website).

A view across a field to distant mountains near Kaihu in New Zealand

Fieldays 2025

We’ll be hosting events at Fieldays again this year. It runs from 11 to 14 June.

Podcasts

This series delves into a wide range of issues affecting the primary sector, including biosecurity and food safety.