Guidance resources

This single-volume guide describes over 400 of the more common marine fishes caught by bottom, midwater, and surface fishing methods in New Zealand seas. The guide is intended for field use particularly by fisheries observers and researchers who may or may not have specialist knowledge about the taxonomy of fishes. Accurate and rapid identification of catches at sea is important for obtaining good quality data about fish catches, for monitoring changes in fish abundance and enabling fisheries managers to make informed decisions about fishstock sustainability.

This guide was produced in 2024 and is a modified republication of the single-volume guide published in 2019 which replaced the three-volume set of guides published in 2011. A second version for fishers is identical except it does not include the research codes.

Online user guide for registered emissions trading scheme participants.

To safely prepare, transport, display and sell food at occasional events (such as school galas, food fairs, festivals etc).

Occasionally MPI clients request that BACC applications are prioritised for processing. Typically MPI Target Evaluators operate at the top of the BACC queue processing the oldest applications. (Please note that BACC applications are allocated target completion times according to service level targets.) There are valid reasons to prioritise application processing and this document sets out the method that should be followed.

A guide to accessing imagery used in GIS assessments of Te Uru Rākau - New Zealand Forest Service administered forestry schemes

MPI recommends that prior to lodging an application to register land into the ETS, submitters review aerial imagery resources available online. Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) have provided information to help submitters with sourcing imagery.

This is a quality assurance programme developed by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). It aims to ensure that all veterinary medicines in the marketplace are safe, efficacious, of acceptable quality, used appropriately, and that product labels provide sufficient consumer information for correct use.

This guidance document provides clarification for dairy processors who undertake alkaline phosphatase testing as a quality control test.