Resources
There are various Acts, Regulations, Policies, Plans and User Guides available online to support Phytophthora Management and compliance.
These are based on overarching national level documents which are then further developed at a regional level.
National level documents
Biosecurity legislation
MPI works within a robust legislative framework to lead New Zealand’s biosecurity system.
The biosecurity system prevents or manages risks from harmful organisms, like pests and diseases. The biosecurity system helps protect New Zealand’s economy, environment, human health, and a range of social and cultural values.
It does this by:
– stopping pests and diseases before they arrive
– dealing with any if they do enter the country.
Link: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/legal/legislation-standards-and-reviews/biosecurity-legislation/introduction-to-biosecurity-legislation
Biosecurity Act 1993
Biosecurity Act 1993 is an Act of Parliament in New Zealand. The Act is a restatement and reform of the laws relating to pests and other unwanted organisms. It was a world first.
The Biosecurity Act provides the legal framework to help keep harmful organisms out of New Zealand. And how to respond, and manage them, if any do make it into the country.
Phytophthora agathidicida is listed as an “Unwanted Organism” (UO) defined as one that “is capable or potentially capable of causing unwanted harm to any natural and physical resources or human health”.
As a UO, Clauses 52 and 53 relate directly to actions involving PA. These protect NZ by essentially making it an offence to move PA without an approved plan or process in place.
Link: https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1993/0095/latest/DLM314623.html
National Pest Management Plan
A national pest management plan (NPMP) is a biosecurity regulation that can be made under the Biosecurity Act 1993. NPMPs are used for tackling major biosecurity threats and are the strongest form of regulation that the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) can put in place for an established pest.
In 2022 a National PA Pest Management Plan introduced 10 rules to help protect Kauri from the PA pathogen that causes kauri dieback disease.
NPMP rules that apply across NZ:
1.) Obligation to report
2.) Provision of information
3.) Restriction on the movement of kauri
NPMP rules that apply in ‘kauri lands’ (Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty:
4.) PA risk management plans
5.) Earthworks PA risk management plan
6.) Stock exclusion notice
7.) Restriction on the release of animals
8.) Obligation to clean items before entering or exiting kauri forest
9.) Obligation to use cleaning stations
10). Open tracks and roads in kauri forest
Link: https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2022/0208/latest/whole.html
National Level Resources
Tiakina Kauri maintain a range of best practice guidelines aimed at protecting Kauri and ensuring compliance with the National Pest Management Plan.
Link: https://www.kauriprotection.co.nz/resources
Best practice guides: https://www.kauriprotection.co.nz/resources/best-practice-guides
Activities around Kauri: https://www.kauriprotection.co.nz/resources/activities-around-kauri
School resources: https://www.kauriprotection.co.nz/resources/school-resources
Standard Operating Procedures: https://www.kauriprotection.co.nz/resources/standard-operating-procedures
Regional Level Resources
Regional pest management plans
Regions that contain naturally occurring kauri have rules to prevent the movement of PA within their Pest management plans:
Northland Regional Pest Management Plan (RPMP) 2017-2027 – https://www.nrc.govt.nz/resource-library-summary/plans-and-policies/pest-management/northland-regional-pest-and-marine-pathway-management-plan/
Auckland Regional Pest Management Plan (RPMP) 2020-2032 – https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/en/plans-policies-bylaws-reports-projects/our-plans-strategies/topic-based-plans-strategies/environmental-plans-strategies/regional-pest-management-plan.html
Auckland Unitary Plan – https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/en/plans-policies-bylaws-reports-projects/our-plans-strategies/unitary-plan.html
Thames Coromandel District Plan 2024 – https://www.tcdc.govt.nz/Our-Council/Plans-and-Reports/District-Plan
In essence, all these plans prevent the movement of PA risk material (soil, plant material, etc.) in to and out of Kauri Hygiene Zones (KHZs) unless in accordance with an approved PA risk management plan.
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