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Brown marmorated stink bug season is here!

The brown marmorated stink bug season is here. Over summer it is important to keep a look out for these pests (Haylomorpha halys), which are not present in New Zealand but are a real threat to a wide variety of plants and NZ’s horticulture industries. There are, however, species of...

New Caledonia Biosecurity Training

Keith Budd, SPS Biota’s Offshore programmes director recently delivered biosecurity training to The Veterinary, Food and Phytosanitary Inspection Service (SIVAP) border teams of New Caledonia. New Caledonia operates a biosecurity border control system like New Zealand’s to minimise the introduction of biological threats. New Caledonia’s exposure to biological threats has...

National education and training seminar (NETS) 2023 | Paihia

SPS Biota staff attended the National education and training seminar (NETS) 2023 organised by the New Zealand Biosecurity Institute, held in Paihia on the 26th to 28th of July 2023. The theme of this year's NETS was "Toitū te whenua, toitū te moana, toitū te tangata - If the land is well,...

NEW See, Contain, Report Newsletter - July 2023

Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) have released a new edition of the See, Contain, Report Newsletter. The July 2023 Edition gives updates on various areas of the Transitional Facility Window including; The Biosecurity Business Pledge - Partnering to Protect Expiry of a TF approval Change is in the air for...

Return to Samoa | Celebrating World Chocolate Day

Today (Friday 7th July 2023) is World Chocolate Day! SPS Biota are great lovers of chocolate and are excited to share our team's most recent visit to Savai'i in Samoa to celebrate World Chocolate Day. Hear from Keith Budd and Tanner Stott who, along with Liz Budd, visited the team...

NEW Chatham Islands Biosecurity e-learning OUT NOW

Good biosecurity is critical to the preservation of the unique environment of the Chatham Islands. To highlight this we have created e-Learning modules in conjunction with Chatham Islands Council and Environment Canterbury. The course contains information on: - Biosecurity in New Zealand - Biosecurity on the Chatham Islands - how...

How prepared are you? | Biosecurity Response Workshop

MPI’s experiential biosecurity response workshop part of the NZPPI conference held in Auckland in May 2023. The workshop was attended by Dominic and Darryn from SPS Biota team surveillance who gave audience to the presentations and participated in the interactive workshop. Vinni Pather, a member of the MPI Biosecurity response...

NEW See, Contain, Report Newsletter - March 2023

Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) have released a new edition of the See, Contain, Report Newsletter. The March 2023 Edition gives updates on various areas of the Transitional Facility Window including; The Biosecurity Business Pledge TFGEN and TFGEN Guidance Updates Performance Based Verification (PBV) Update Accredited Persons - resetting of passwords...

Biocontrol Workshop | Waikato Biodiversity Forum

Earlier in April, a few members of our North Island team travelled to Hamilton to participate in a Biocontrol Workshop hosted by the Waikato Biodiversity Forum. Biocontrol is quite a drastic contrast to biosecurity: Biocontrol – The control of an invasive species by the introduction of a natural predator Biosecurity...