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Popular wedding trend banned under NZ biosecurity laws
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Food activist caught importing GM-free plants and seeds
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Inside NZ's biggest-ever pest control operation
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Silicon Valley helps NZ producers in food fraud fight
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Damaged 1080 trucked 1000km for disposal in Marton landfill
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Farmers urge fast fix after MPI eradication apology
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Eighth Queensland fruit fly found
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Comment: Pet turtles should not be banned
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NZ beekeepers lost 10 per cent of hives last year - survey
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10 tonnes of fruit destroyed in fruit fly response
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Fourth Queensland fruit fly found in Auckland
The male fly was found in a surveillance trap just outside the A Zone controlled area
Third Queensland fruit fly trapped in North Shore
Searching for larvae ramps up after third Queensland fruit fly caught on the North Shore.
Fruit and vegetable restrictions could go on for months
If no more fruit flies are found in Devonport the restrictions will lift on March 1.
Fruit, vege ban as officials hunt Queensland fruit fly in Devonport
MPI says restrictions are likely to be in place for a few weeks.
Fruit fly outbreak: Operation steps up in Devonport
Teams are going door-to-door checking fruit trees and gardens for signs of fruit flies.
Queensland fruit fly find in Auckland leads to biosecurity controls
Fruit and vegetable controls have been put in place around Devonport in Auckland.
Buzz off: Fruit and veggie growers on alert over Auckland fruit fly scare
Queensland fruit flies are a threat to the country's almost $6b in horticultural exports.