February 2009

  • MAF Policy News
    24 February 2009
    Issue 14 of MAF Policy News available here.
  • Voluntary Bonding Scheme
    24 February 2009
    A scheme rewarding new vet graduates who choose to work in understaffed rural areas will benefit the practices they work at, and rural communities.
  • Beliefs and values research: urban and rural perspectives of the primary sector
    17 February 2009
    This research was commissioned by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) under its operational research programme.
  • MAFBNZ takes action regarding GM brassica trial
    10 February 2009
    MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) has completed their review of the Plant & Food Research internal report into a reported breach of containment facility requirements at Plant & Food Research - the Lincoln-based crown research institute containment facility where genetically modified (GM) brassica plants had been growing as part of an approved field trial.
  • Couple charged for ill treatment of eight dogs
    05 February 2009
    The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), Animal Welfare Investigation Team are pleased with the convictions handed out in the Whangarei District Court on Tuesday to a couple jointly charged with four offences under the Animal Welfare Act 1999.

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