Biosecurity New Zealand is deploying a new tool in the fight against the yellow-legged hornet in Auckland. Mike Inglis, ...

New Zealand is urging the public to look out for nests of invasive Asian yellow-legged hornets that are threatening the country’s biosecurity by feeding on bees as the “narrow window” to curb the ...

Today’s detections mean the restrictions on movement of fruit and vegetables have been extended. There are now three areas ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -New Zealand said on Monday that it had suspended all poultry exports after detecting a highly pathogenic variant of avian influenza at a poultry farm on the South Island. Tests ...

The discovery of three more Oriental fruit flies is not unexpected and shows surveillance is working, Biosecurity NZ says, ...

A biosecurity operation is underway in the Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe following the discovery of a single male Oriental ...

Explainer - The outbreak of bird flu in US dairy cows has been confirmed in Minnesota and Iowa, bringing to 11 the total ...

New Zealand has temporarily halted poultry exports after H7N6, a “high pathogenic strain” of avian influenza, was found at a commercial egg farm. The decision to ban exports was announced by ...

New Zealand has the world’s fourth-largest economic exposure zone and 10th-largest coastline, and its heavy reliance on agriculture, aquaculture and international trade make biosecurity a priority.

New Zealand officials are investigating a second egg farm in the southern region of Otago for potential cases of bird flu. Biosecurity New Zealand “placed a precautionary restricted place notice on a ...