Ministry for Primary Industries
Topics
- Yellow-legged hornets in AucklandQuiet since 11 Dec 2025
- Haeata Community Campus mouldy lunchesQuiet since 15 Dec 2025
- Oriental fruit fly in PapatoetoeQuiet since 5 Jan 2025
- Ka Ora, Ka Ako school lunch programme issuesQuiet since 21 Mar 2025
- Lower South Island storm and recoveryQuiet since 11 Dec 2025
- H5 bird flu in New ZealandQuiet since 3 Sep
- University of Canterbury food poisoning outbreakQuiet since 14 Nov 2024
- Andrew Bayly resignation as ministerQuiet since 10 Mar 2025
- Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary lionsQuiet since 10 Nov 2025
All stories
October 2026
- Man facing prosecution after pāua haul exceeds legal limit
- North Otago shearer sentenced for ill-treating seven lambs
- Two men banned from owning pigs after neglect investigation
- Internal documents reveal food safety risks despite MPI assurances
September 2026
- False bird flu hoax claims spread online in New Zealand
- Fishery patrols in Whananaki record 100 per cent non-compliance rate
August 2026
- Our Fruit Box owner found guilty of Food Act breaches
- Third H5 bird flu case found in Wellington region
+1 - King Country farmer fined for animal welfare neglect
- Shearer sentenced for abusing lambs in Canterbury
July 2026
December 2025
- Food safety warning issued after landfill cheese is resold in Waikato+3
- Haeata Community Campus has not released mouldy lunch investigation findings
- Shellfish warning issued for eastern Bay of Plenty due to toxins
- MPI rules out yellow-legged hornet nest found in Bay of Plenty
- Auckland man fined $9800 for animal welfare offences
- Haeata Community Campus principal denies fault in mouldy lunch incident
- Dispute over responsibility for mouldy lunches at Christchurch school
- New Zealand faces narrow window to prevent yellow-legged hornet incursion
November 2025
- Whangārei man banned from collecting seafood for misusing fishing rights
- Two more yellow-legged hornet nests found on Auckland's North Shore
- Biosecurity NZ deploys 120 traps to track yellow-legged hornets in Auckland
- Seven big cats at Whangārei sanctuary to be euthanised this week
- Farmers launch initiative to support storm-hit Clutha families
- Conservationist criticises Biosecurity New Zealand over yellow-legged hornet response
October 2025
- State of emergency in Clutha extended for one week
- Vogel's granola and Tom & Luke snackaballs recalled over metal concerns
- Chopped peanuts recalled due to possible metal contamination+1
- Northland farmer banned from owning deer after neglect case
- Former commercial fisher fined $50,000 for illegal seaweed sales+1
September 2025
- Dargaville calf rearer fined $15,000 for animal neglect
- Commercial fisher fined for trawling through Kahurangi Marine Reserve
August 2025
- Three people facing charges after 422 pāua seized in Kaikōura
- Ashburton man banned from owning horses after neglect case
- Fruitae lemon flavour sorbet recalled due to undeclared milk
- Waikato farm owner and milkers fined for neglecting dairy cattle
- French cheese products recalled over possible listeria presence
- No significant concerns found after animal welfare complaint at Lincoln University
- Southland officials warn of biosecurity crisis from wilding conifer pines
- Angus beef sausages recalled after report of glass injury+1
July 2025
- Two MPI beagles seek new homes after failing sniffer dog training
- MPI disputes research regarding campylobacter hospitalisation rates
- Kaiwaka farmer admits to animal neglect at Northland deer farm
June 2025
- Four men fined for illegal seafood sales in Southland
- Forest & Bird demands answers after hundreds of seabirds killed by trawler
- Otago University hall halts special dietary meals following labelling error
May 2025
March 2025
- Northland fisher fined for under-reporting green mussel spat sales
- Rangitikei farmer jailed for neglect of sheep and lambs
- Ministry of Education bans specific school lunches after student burnt
- Investigation launched into school lunches containing melted plastic
February 2025
- Ministry for Primary Industries withdraws staff from minister's office
- Fruit and vegetable movement restricted in Auckland after fruit fly discovery
- Biosecurity operation launched after Oriental fruit fly found in Birkdale
- Research project investigates DNA of New Zealand working dogs
- Chelsea Sugar fined nearly $150,000 for lead contamination
- Man suspected of attacking and taking black swan from Auckland park
- Investigation launched after alleged attack on swan at Western Springs
January 2025
- Auckland pair sentenced for illegal slaughter and sale of pigs
- Ministry for Primary Industries investigating teenage boy attacking octopus
- Avian botulism kills birds at Waikouaiti wastewater treatment plant
- PETA seeks criminal convictions following sheep shearing investigation
- MPI finds concerning instances in sheep shearing investigation
- Movement controls placed on produce after fruit fly found in Papatoetoe+1
- Oriental fruit fly found in Papatoetoe backyard trap+2