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Biosecurity New Zealand says that more officers, detector dogs, and airport hosts, accompanied by an enhanced public awareness campaign, will bolster New Zealand’s biosecurity protections this summer.

A tropical insect pest with a big appetite for corn has been identified on the West Coast, the first time it has been found in the South Island.

Wallaby populations continue to grow in New Zealand, something which has prompted the launch of the first national awareness campaign.

Could robotics be the secret to faster and improved animal disease testing?

Biosecurity New Zealand is ramping up a public awareness campaign to encourage people to report possible sightings of the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB).

Biosecurity New Zealand says it is ramping up a public awareness campaign designed to encourage people to report possible sightings of brown marmorated stink bug.

Biosecurity NZ has been hit with staff shortages following the border closures.

OPINION: NZ's biosecurity officials and services are rightly on high alert, following a recent outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in previously FMD-free Indonesia.

Biosecurity NZ has spoken directly with its Australian counterparts, who have confirmed no live foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease virus has been found on food there, says deputy director general Stuart Anderson.

A recent outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) in Indonesia has the NZ agriculture sector and its officials on high alert.