New Zealand is now fruit fly free after a small number of the Queensland pests were found early this year in an Auckland suburb.
The Auckland fruit fly operation had been a success and traps set in Grey Lynn found no signs of the insect this morning, Ministry for Primary Industries director-general Martyn Dunne said.
"We have not found any fruit flies in the affected area since March and enough time has passed to confidently say that New Zealand is again fruit fly-free," he said.
He said the Controlled Area was also lifted and there were no longer restrictions on the movement of fresh fruit and vegetables in Auckland.
"The MPI wheelie bins which have become a part of the local landscape will now be removed and life should soon get back to normal."