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News snippets from around Northland

MPI has told company backed by NZ athletes to add more sugar or stop selling sport drink.

Budget allocation "scratches the surface" of what's needed for climate target, group says.

Twenty properties around New Zealand are now infected with myrtle rust.

Greens say the Budget's environment and conservation funding is far below what's needed.

Fresh crow and squirrel legs and feathers sniffed out at the border by biosecurity dog.

Myrtle rust has been detected at a nursery in the Waikato town of Te Kuiti.

The primary sector has biosecurity and trade training on its wish list for the Budget.

A further three locations have been confirmed positive with the fungal pest.

We asked the Ministry of Primary Industries official heading the response.

The New Zealand First leader has Nathan Guy and Bill English in his sights on today's show

Biosecurity officials say the myrtle rust incursion's implications for NZ remain unclear.

Lab tests come back negative for a second nursery as a third possible case is found

A return to the mandatory addition of folic acid to bread could be on the cards.

It was only a matter of time before a devastating fungal disease arrived in New Zealand

Biosecurity teams in Kerikeri are trying to contain the fungal plant disease myrtle rust.

Many native plant species are under threat after myrtle rust disease is detected in NZ.

LegaSea Hawke's Bay wants MPI to increase restrictions. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

An Edgecumbe business owner is concerned about finances. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The flooding in Bay of Plenty has bee classified as "medium-scale adverse event".

Almost half a tonne of paua was illegally taken, leaving offenders with heavy fines.

COMMENT: I've always suspected NZ's scarcity of environmental enforcement was willful.

Dairy rebound tips NZ primary sector exports into growth for 2017, MPI says.

Researchers say a government agency holds more than 100 reports into alleged fish dumping.

COMMENT: Researchers seek reports into fish reporting and dumping.

Greenpeace will lodge a complaint to the Auditor General over FishServe.

The company which monitors the fishing industry is owned by its biggest lobby group.

Squid-fishing net's escape hatch appears to have failed, trapping female sea lion.

Government is earmarking $35.3 million to help primary sector exporters trade.