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The Poultry Industry Association of New Zealand (PIANZ) joined the Government Industry Agreement for Biosecurity Readiness and Response (GIA) in a signing ceremony on 21 June 2023 attended by Biosecurity Minister Hon Damien O’Connor and senior representatives of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

By signing the GIA Deed, PIANZ joins the 23 other industry sectors that have agreed to work with the Government, and each other, to combat the threat of an incursion of a pest or disease significantly impacting Aotearoa New Zealand’s primary industries. Read more

The GIA Partnership was proud to again sponsor the Industry Award at the 2022 Biosecurity Awards held in Auckland on 31 October 2022.

We congratulate the GIA Industry Award winner, Auckland International Airport, which took out the award for its programme Creating a Biosecurity Culture to Make Biosecurity Matter.

The award judges noted that Auckland Airport has elevated biosecurity to something the entire airport community understands and is engaged with and in doing so has created a culture and a team of biosecurity champions. Because Auckland Airport is New Zealand’s largest international airport, receiving passengers and goods from around the globe, it is a first line of defence at New Zealand’s air border. By supporting a strong border, the company is helping keep Aotearoa free from exotic pests and diseases. Read more

A ground-breaking agreement to fight the threat of fruit fly has been renewed and updated by Government and eight of New Zealand’s largest horticulture industry groups.

The Fruit Fly Operational Agreement, first signed in May 2016 was the first such agreement under the Government Industry Agreement for Biosecurity Readiness and Response (GIA). The Agreement sets out the operational requirements for biosecurity readiness and response as well as cost sharing between the Government and affected industries. Its renewal enhances New Zealand’s protection from the threat of fruit flies arriving and as a country is well-prepared in the event that a response is required, as happened with the large Auckland Fruit Fly response in Auckland in 2019. Read more

Plant Pass is designed to protect producers and plant buyers in our domestic and export fruit and vegetable sectors, vineyard, forestry, amenity and garden, built and natural environment markets. It helps lessen the likelihood of a high-risk organism establishing in a nursery and being inadvertently spread by the domestic plant trade. Read more

Federated Farmers Arable, the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR), the Flour Millers Association, the New Zealand Grain and Seed Trade Association (NZGSTA) and United Wheat Growers, held extensive consultations before agreeing to form SGRR and sign up to the Government Industry Agreement (GIA) for Biosecurity Readiness and Response. Read more