Biological Heritage

Our Objective – Ngā whainga

Working to protect Aotearoa’s biodiversity, improve biosecurity and enhance resilience to harmful pests, weeds and diseases
Whakamana

Helping New Zealanders protect our precious environment.

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Tiaki

Contributing to world class biosecurity

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Whakahou

Creating a resilient, thriving environment

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More knowledge is urgently needed to underpin future approaches and tools to fight these plant diseases.

We’re striving to deliver a breakthrough solution that will control or eradicate at least one pest from mainland Aotearoa.

Our approach blends Mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) with modern research methods.

We’re working to remove or mitigate known priority threats, and improve the prediction of threats emerging globally.

December newsletter

Genetic pest control, biodiversity on farms, a new website and more.

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NZPPI’s Climate Model: The latest tool in the battle against myrtle rust

A suite of tools and information to help plant nurseries manage myrtle rust outbreaks this summer has been released by New Zealand Plant Producers Inc (NZPPI).

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The value of collaboration: four questions for four myrtle rust experts

Ngā Rākau Taketake (NRT) and Beyond Myrtle Rust (BMR) are partners in tackling myrtle rust. We spoke with Beccy Ganley and Nick Waipara (Rongowhakaata and Ngāti Ruapani ki Tūranga) from NRT and Mahajabeen Padamsee and Renee Johansen from BMR about their thoughts on the value of this collaboration.

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Our Objective – Ngā whainga