September 2005
- Didymosphenia geminata confirmed in Buller River
28 September 2005
Biosecurity New Zealand (BNZ) is investigating a confirmed find of the invasive alga Didymosphenia geminata (Didymo) in the West Coast's Buller River and is asking all river users to avoid the Buller if they intend using other rivers. - MAF pleased with outcome of over-logging court case
19 September 2005
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) is delighted with the recent sentencing handed down in the Tauranga District Court to a man convicted of logging almost 100 cubic metres more rimu than permitted. - September Rural Bulletin
15 September 2005
Including: MAF's Latest Farm Monitoring Reports, National Travel Assistance Policy, Smallfarming NZ to Wind Up, Enterprising Communities, NZers' Attitudes to Money & Finance, New Guidelines: Embryo Donation for Infertile Couples, New Register for Donors and Donor Offspring, National Population Estimates, June 2005 Quarter, Internet Items and Update<. - Deadline approaches for lower North Island flood relief claims
15 September 2005
The final deadline for lower North Island farmers and growers to submit documentation supporting their claims for flood relief is looming. - Port of Napier first to achieve 'place of first arrival' standard
9 September 2005
The Port of Napier has become the first New Zealand port to achieve a tough new standard around the quarantine clearance of newly arrived vessels to New Zealand. - Aucklanders asked to look out for red-vented bulbul birds
6 September 2005
Biosecurity New Zealand is asking Aucklanders, and particularly those in Devonport and the central city, to keep an eye out for a pair of red-vented bulbul birds that have recently been sighted in the area.
Contact for Enquiries
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Pastoral House
25 The Terrace
PO Box 2526, Wellington
Tel: 0800 00 83 33
Fax: +64 4 894 0720
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