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Sea Cargo Roadshow

Before Lockdown, SPS Biota was invited to attend the Biosecurity New Zealand Sea Cargo Roadshow by Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).     This was an opportunity to hear from Border Clearance Services Leaders and specialists from MPI and to ask questions regarding topics spoken about, including; The new verification and...

An Update on SPS Biota at Level 4 - COVID-19

Training Our classroom Accredited Person and TF-Operator Trainings are cancelled at Level 4. Our Training team will be in contact regarding rescheduling. We do offer Online Training for both courses. If you would like to transfer your classroom booking to online, please contact training@spsbiota.co.nz. Multi-Site Transitional Facilities Our MTF work...

100% Sea Container Reporting

On the 1st of July, Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) made the change to 100% reporting of Sea Containers into the Container Checks Portal. Previously only containers in which contamination was found were required to be input into the Container Checks Portal. Now data from every Sea Container which is...

Women Cocoa Growers in Eastern Samar

Women represent 40 % out of 1000 cocoa growers being supported through Eastern Samar Cacao Livelihood Programme in the Philippines led by SPS Biota and funded by NZ Aid Programme. This video was prepared by our in-country partner People in Need, a Czech Republic based NGO.  SPS Biota invites you...

Samoan Women's Farming Calendar

Although women play a crucial role in cocoa production & primary processing, they have little influence in the industry, and their contributions have yet not been well-acknowledged.  In Samoa, SPS Biota has supported a women calendar through the Samoa Cocoa Export Industry Project Phase II, funded by NZ Aid Programme....

FBS Training Day

As part of the Forest Biosecurity Surveillance (FBS) program, SPS Biota staff regularly refresh their skills by participating in specialized training days. This Training Day took place on the 14th April 2021. Photos Taken by Geoff Carlaw, Biosecurity Advisor

Tree identification and Dutch elm disease detection using UAVs

SPS Biota have collaborated with ENVICO Technologies to use drones to enhance traditional field surveys for diseased elm trees. We have recognized the potential for drones to assist in the surveillance of large parcels of land, places with difficult access or areas that contain hazards for field staff.  The pilot...

Unwanted Pest Trapping in New Zealand Forests

SPS is carrying out a surveillance trapping trial for unwanted, new to New Zealand pest beetles and wood wasps. Flight traps with attractants have been placed in plantation forests close to urban areas in Auckland, Rotorua and Christchurch. Insects collected from the traps are identified using diagnostic characters for species known to be present in New...

Turning Over a New Leaf

We were finishing dinner with my family on Christmas Eve in our little Guiuan town on the Pacific coast when we learned that the forecasted tropical storm, which would be making landfall anytime soon, had evolved into a powerful typhoon. I knew that the house we were renting had resisted...