Determination on Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
11 February 2021
An EPA decision-making committee has determined that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is not a new organism.
The pharmaceutical company, Pfizer,...
New weaponry for the war on wasps
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
The Tasman District Council applied to introduce the wasp-nest beetle, Metoecus paradoxus, and a hoverfly, Volucella inanis, for biological control of the wasps Vespula...
Annual insights show fewer aerial 1080 operations in 2020
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
The report published by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) shows there were 31 operations covering 558,000 hectares of land in 2020....
EPA turns 10 with an ambitious eye to the future
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) came into being on 1 July 2011. Its responsibilities cover hazardous substances and new organisms, activities...
Ōmāhu Residential Development given green light
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
15 February 2022
An independent panel has approved a new residential development in the Auckland suburb of Remuera, which will include up...
EPA congratulates “Change Maker” champion Sophia Olo-Whaanga
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
29 November 2021
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) congratulates Sophia Olo-Whaanga for winning this year’s Change Maker Award category in the Sustainable...
EPA opens waterway testing to more community groups
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
Since 2020, the EPA has funded 200 groups in its Wai Tuwhera o te Taiao – Open Waters Aotearoa science programme,...
Views sought on potential phase out of kiwifruit spray ingredient
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
Hydrogen cyanamide is banned in Europe, and its re-registration is currently under review in the United States. In New Zealand, the...
EPA bans ship hold fumigation as part of methyl bromide rules reset
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
Methyl bromide is a toxic and ozone-depleting substance, which India and China require to be used on logs they receive from...
Hydrogen cyanamide reassessment update | EPA
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
24 December 2021
Next steps in the reassessment of hydrogen cyanamide, an active ingredient in sprays commonly used by kiwifruit growers.
Submissions on...
‘Residency’ edges closer for shortlist of new organisms
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) sought feedback on which new organisms should no longer hold regulatory status as...
Kōrero to Kintsugi | EPA
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
So… I am the regulator, and you are the industry. Shall we call it how it is?
As an industry, you have issues with the ‘what’ and...