The purpose of this list
This list is intended to help Biosecurity New Zealand target resources to ensure we are:
- anticipating potential threats
- actively managing the risk
- ready to respond if any of these pests or diseases arrive.
About the list of animal, aquatic and plant pests and diseases
Biosecurity New Zealand keeps watch on thousands of different pests and diseases. For this list, we considered many plant, aquatic and animal pests and diseases that could be of serious risk to our environment and economy. We assessed how likely it was for each pest and disease to arrive and establish itself here and their potential impact on New Zealand.
The current list is a snapshot of the pests and diseases that we consider are a serious threat to plant, aquatic, and animal health. Biosecurity risks are always changing. As our emerging risks system identifies new and changing biosecurity threats to New Zealand, we will refresh this list.
The control measures we take to keep these pests and diseases out will also help reduce the entry and establishment of other pests and diseases.
With increasing trade and travel, New Zealand always faces some level of biosecurity risk. While we have one of the best biosecurity systems in the world, we can always improve our risk management effectiveness.