Funding Round Now Open For Greenhouse Gas Inventory Research – Ministry For Primary Industries
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is seeking research proposals to help improve New Zealand’s reporting of greenhouse gas emissions…
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New Database Of 24,000 Pests To Protect Aotearoa – Ministry For Primary Industries
A new online tool, the Official New Zealand Pest Register (ONZPR), launched today, will help protect Aotearoa from more than…
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Mandatory review of the Walking Access Act 2008 underway – Ministry For Primary Industries
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has begun a review of the Walking Access Act 2008. MPI will be assessing…
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One month until new animal welfare regulations – Ministry For Primary Industries
New regulations to strengthen our animal welfare system will come into effect on 1 October 2018. Ministry for Primary Industries…
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SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Mycoplasma bovis, foot and mouth, National Party, and other nasty germs
The Mycoplasma bovis crisis confronting New Zealand is a story that will be dissected and commented on for decades to come.
This was not simply a matter of a bacteria infecting cattle. This was a story on many levels; of flouted rules; a significant inadequacy of the “free market”; critical under-funding by National (no surprises there); and the best silver-lining that farmers could possibly hope for…