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Government Industry Agreement

Government Industry Agreement

The Government Industry Agreement for Biosecurity Readiness and Response (GIA) is a partnership for improving New Zealand’s biosecurity. Industry organisations - such as KVH on behalf of kiwifruit - and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), sign a Deed that formally establishes the biosecurity partnership.

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Government Industry Agreement

KVH was the first primary industry to sign the Government Industry Agreement (GIA) Deed in May 2014. This marked a significant achievement for the kiwifruit industry and government.

The GIA Deed outlines the principles for the partnership and the commitments that each Signatory makes to engage in the wider biosecurity system and co-invest to improve the collective biosecurity capacity and capability of industry and government in readiness and response.

Joint decision-making and cost-sharing helps to ensure that industry organisations have a formal role, alongside government, in managing their biosecurity risks.

Deed Signatories negotiate and agree the priority pests and diseases of most concern to them and agree actions to minimise the risk and impact of an incursion, or prepare for and manage a response in the event than an incursion occurs, via Operational Agreements (OAs). 

The first OA under GIA was the May 2016 agreement for the management of fruit fly in New Zealand. 


OPERATIONAL AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY KVH

The first OA was the May 2016 multi-sector agreement for the management of fruit fly in New Zealand, which was renewed in September 2022.

In March 2017 KVH signed a second agreement, on behalf of the kiwifruit and kiwiberry sectors, to help reduce the damaging impacts of four sector specific threats - Ceratocystis fimbriata, Verticillium Wilt, Psa-non New Zealand strains and Invasive Phytophthoras.

A third OA for Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) was finalised in mid-July 2017 and renewed in July 2023.

A further OA was signed by KVH for the plant production biosecurity scheme, promoting risk management of all nursery material; and most recently, one was signed for Xylella fastidiosa, an interim agreement assessing the risk of Xylella and development of response procedures.

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LATEST NEWS

23 Apr 2025

Stopping our most unwanted

A reminder the latest fruit fly and Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) risk updates are always available on the KVH website. These updates include the latest detection and surveillance information, including our industry-led activities, and are produced every month.

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23 Apr 2025

Listen to the latest news

We have a new Snapshot podcast online, where we chat with Ryan, Chief Quarantine Officer for the Ministry for Primary Industries, about the work his teams do across biosecurity. Ryan manages the Tauranga, Hamilton, and Northland regions – there are biosecurity teams in all three regions – and in the chat we focus on the way they manage cruise ships, transitional facilities, and various partnerships that they have with KVH and the kiwifruit industry. The Snapshot podcasts are free and available now on SoundCloud and Apple iTunes.

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23 Apr 2025

Interactive surveillance maps: finding pests and diseases early

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is always looking for pests and diseases that might have arrived from overseas. Finding them early is vital for successful biosecurity responses. The online and interactive Atlas of biosecurity surveillance explains more about the what, where and why of our nation’s surveillance programmes, including fruit flies, one of our industry’s “most unwanted”. There are 13 targeted programmes, focusing on specific pests, diseases and biosecurity risks. You can interact with such tools as surveillance maps, showing locations of trap sites, and see latest data for investigations by MPI teams, by region. General surveillance is also important - that is harnessing those who are out on our orchards, to contribute to gathering and reporting information around the presence of potentially new and unwanted threats. If you’ve seen an unusual pest or disease symptom, make a report by filling in our online form and we will be in touch.

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