This risk analysis examines the biosecurity risks posed by the importation of fertiliser into New Zealand, and identifies factors for consideration in managing these risks. The risk analysis will contribute to the revision of current Import Health Standards.

This Risk Analysis was initiated by a new market access request from 5 Pacific countries for the importation of fresh island cabbage leaves (Abelmoschus manihot, Malvaceae) to New Zealand from Cook Is., Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu. New Zealand currently imports only frozen island cabbage leaves from Fiji.

This report presents the findings of a biosecurity hazard identification process undertaken for MPI and the New Zealand pastoral sector. An understanding of which exotic pests are a potential threat to New Zealand pasture species is important to making decisions about managing biosecurity risks to the pastoral sector, one of New Zealand's largest export earners.

More information at <a href="http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/yellow-crazy-ant">http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/yellow-crazy-ant</a>.

More information at <a href="http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/tropical-fire-ants">http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/tropical-fire-ants</a>.

More information at <a href="http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/singapore-ant">http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/singapore-ant</a>.

Red imported fire ant (RIFA) (Solenopsis invicta) is a native ant species of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. It has also established in Queensland, Australia. A single nest was discovered at Auckland International Airport, New Zealand in February 2001. The routes of entry of the Australian and the New Zealand incursions are unknown. More information at <a href="http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/red-imported-fire-ant">http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/red-imported-fire-ant</a>.

This document is an analysis of the risks associated with the rust fungus Puccinia psidii entering New Zealand via the myrtaceous nursery stock import pathway; it includes an analysis of the efficacy of risk management options. P. psidii causes rust disease, known variously as guava rust, myrtle rust, eucalyptus rust or ohio rust, of a wide range of host plants in the family myrtaceae. As New Zealand has myrtaceous species of economic, environmental and socio-cultural importance, P. psidii is considered to be a risk organism on myrtaceous nursery stock.

Investigates a number of factors associated with the phytosanitary risk of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus -pinewood nematode (PWN) and other pathogenic Bursaphelenchus spp to New Zealand.

A pest risk analysis on six species of moth, Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth, Asian form), Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm), Coscinoptycha improbana (guava moth), Teia anartoides (painted apple moth), Orgyia thyellina (white-spotted tussock moth) and Uraba lugens (gum leaf skeletoniser), assessing a wide range of entry pathways and providing lessons on the risks associated with hitchhiker organisms in general. No submissions received on the moths risk analysis.

See also <a href="http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/little-fire-ant">http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/little-fire-ant</a>.

See also <a href="http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/ghost-ants">http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/ghost-ants</a>.

Investigates the risks of importing unwanted species of ants with commercial consignments of sawn timber exported to New Zealand from the south Pacific region (excluding Australia), the likelihood of those imported ants establishing in New Zealand, the effectiveness of the biosecurity measures and border clearance systems currently in place and mitigating those risks, and any additional biosecurity measures that may be required to reduce the biosecurity risk to an acceptable level.