Archive for November 2019

Pest plant swap meet goes down a treat Locals at recent weekend markets walked away delighted and a lot more biosecurity conscious – all they had to do was pop along to Bay of Plenty Regional Council (BOPRC) stands with a pest weed and swap it for a free native plant. At the two events,…

Port partners come together to watch for pests A biosecurity excellence programme runs year-round at the port, and to coincide with the Symposium and Grower Day, there were morning teas on offer as a team comprised of Port of Tauranga, Biosecurity New Zealand and KVH staff visited smoko huts and staffrooms to chat to frontline…

How effective is your biosecurity? The TMBC Symposium was just one of several biosecurity events held during the last week of October. KVH and Zespri jointly hosted a Kiwifruit Grower Biosecurity Day, providing the opportunity to learn more about the work underway to protect the industry from unwanted pests and diseases. Around 80 growers and industry members were treated to a series…

TMBC celebrates one year on since launch at Biosecurity Excellence Symposium On Tuesday 22 October, Tauranga Moana Biosecurity Capital celebrated twelve months of leading and taking collaborative action towards biosecurity excellence, with its second annual Biosecurity Excellence Symposium. “This symposium is about building connections across the network, we come from a range of backgrounds – iwi, science, education, industry and government – but…