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KiwiNet is the team of people selected from across the kiwifruit industry who champion biosecurity readiness and coordinate the deployment of kiwifruit industry resources into biosecurity responses.

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KiwiNet team members may be asked at any time to participate in a biosecurity response.

The information below is intended to assist KiwiNet responders in learning about a typical response, what you will need if attending, and role cards for positions that KiwiNet responders may undertake.

You can also read more about the experiences of those who took part in New Zealand's fruit fly responses in 2015 and 2019.

KiwiNet's goal is to reduce the impacts on our industry if/when we face our next major biosecurity incursion; to retain the key lessons from our Psa experience; and to build on all these with an industry-wide inclusive approach.


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kiwinet member experiences

Different species of solitary, male, fruit flies were detected in several Auckland suburbs in 2019, resulting in biosecurity responses that involved kiwifruit industry resources across several teams in response headquarters and the deployment of KiwiNet to assist with field activities such as trapping, surveillance, and public awareness.

An image gallery and profiles of team members are published below describing their experience.


The detection of a breeding population of QFF in Auckland in early 2015 resulted in a large biosecurity response. This was the first major biosecurity response under GIA, and the first time kiwifruit industry resources had been deployed into a response using KiwiNet.


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07 Oct 2024

Fine for breaking plant import quarantine rules

The seriousness of meeting biosecurity requirements was highlighted recently with the company and director of a nursery who illegally took 220 imported plants out of quarantine after just one day, fined $42,500. Elliott Wholesale Nursery Limited - which is not a kiwifruit nursery - is a Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) registered Post Entry Quarantine (PEQ) facility. Under the Biosecurity Act, imported plants should be in quarantine for three months. In September 2022, the nursery imported 600 Nandina domestica tissue culture – an evergreen shrub from Australia. The plants were unpacked and placed in PEQ, where they needed to remain for the full three months. However, after just one day, Mr Elliot removed 220 of these plants, placing them in a non PEQ area. To avoid detection and to circumnavigate the biosecurity rules designed to protect New Zealand from potentially unwanted pests and diseases, he replaced these plants with similar looking domestic plants, which he admitted doing to an employee who questioned him. No pests or diseases were found on the plants that were taken out of the quarantine facility.

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09 Oct 2024

Biosecurity skills shown by Young Grower contestants

KVH was thrilled to present a biosecurity competition module as part of the National Young Grower of the Year finals in Hawke’s Bay yesterday (Wednesday). The six contestants were tested on their general knowledge of pathway risk management and on-orchard biosecurity planning. They all showed a great understanding of how to protect their property boundaries, and the practical steps to make a great biosecurity plan that ensures best biosecurity practice every day. Winners of the regional fruit and vegetable grower competitions were the contestants that battled it out across seven modules for the grand title, with the winner announced later this evening (Thursday) so be sure to check the news or the Young Grower of the Year website here.

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07 Oct 2024

Fun Fact

Another example of bogus, or at least inaccurate, declaration details involved a recent package from Australia that was supposed to contain glass beads. Further scrutiny by officers at the International Mail Centre revealed four packets of germinating seeds on wet tissue paper. The parcel was destroyed, and the importer received a letter outlining their biosecurity responsibilities.

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