Repeat pāua poachers from Wellington and Napier banned from fishing for 3 years
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
A Lower Hutt man and a Napier man have each received 3-year fishing bans for repeatedly taking excess and undersize...
Rāhui and legal controls to protect Bluff oysters
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Date: 30 Mar 2021
Media contact: MPI media team
Ngāi Tahu and Biosecurity New Zealand are today enacting a rāhui and a...
Auckland fishers fined $4,000 for taking cockles from a closed site
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
A security guard, mother, and office worker were together fined $4,000 plus $390 court costs for their part in taking...
Fisherman fined $13,000 for not protecting seabirds
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Date: 26 Mar 2021
Media contact: MPI media team
The former master of a Hawke’s Bay fishing vessel has been fined $13,000...
Sustainability measures set new fishing limits
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Date: 26 Mar 2021
Media contact: MPI media team
Fisheries New Zealand has today announced changes to catch limits for 14 fish...
More testing after Bonamia ostreae find in Foveaux Strait oysters
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Biosecurity New Zealand will begin further testing of oysters from Foveaux Strait, near Stewart Island, after 3 wild oysters from...
Man fined $30,000 for biosecurity breaches
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Date: 23 Mar 2021
Media contact: MPI media team
An Auckland businessman has been convicted and fined $30,000 for breaking rules intended...
Beware Velvetleaf – and the dog sniffing it out
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Date: 19 Mar 2021
Media contact: MPI media team
A quick whiff and sniff, and Wink the dog is off. Moments later...
Make sure you have a grazing contract in time for winter
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
The Winter Grazing Action Group (WGAG) is stressing to farmers the importance of having grazing contracts in place for the...
Recall of raw drinking milk containing Campylobacter from Lindsay Farm in Waipukurau
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Date: 18 Mar 2021
Media contact: MPI media team
Raw unpasteurised drinking milk from Central Hawke’s Bay producers Lindsay Farm is being...
MPI seeks feedback on a new organic regime
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Date: 15 Mar 2021
Media contact: MPI media team
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is seeking feedback on proposed regulations for...
Finalists named in Good Employer Awards
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Date: 15 Mar 2021
Media contact: MPI media team
Promoting the food and fibres sector as a great place to work is...
