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A multi-agency effort is gearing up to combat the spread of feral wallabies south of the Waitaki River.

A key message to all growers or farmers using fungicides is to use all available modes of action in different products and not rely on a single fungicide action group.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council biosecurity staff are warning local landowners to check that machinery is clean and stock are empty before allowing them through their gates this Gypsy Day.

Rural contractors have been reminded to play their part in preventing the spread of velvetleaf as management of the pest weed enters a new phase.

An operational agreement to reduce the damaging impacts of a fruit fly incursion has been signed by a number of horticulture industry groups.

An aerial possum kill using 1080 poison is planned for the high Kaweka Range between Taupo and Hawke's Bay this winter, says OSPRI.

Velvetleaf inspections in Southland will continue until the end of this week.

Weed threat velvetleaf has been confirmed in maize and silage in several sites in Waikato – meaning it has come in through a different pathway than that found in fodder beet.

An aerial possum kill is planned for the southern Rimutaka Ranges in September.

Staff from all of Southland's councils are out walking in fodder beet crops this week in the search for the pest plant velvetleaf.