Category: National. Posted: 24 July 2026
Senior pest plant researcher Dr Trevor James was presented, in July, with a well-earned NZBI Fellowship, by the Central North Island Branch. The presentation provided an opportunity to recognise Trevor’s significant contribution to biosecurity. Here… Read more
Category: National. Posted: 24 July 2026
The final week of July is Biosecurity Week 2026 – an annual celebration of the work of all people involved in protecting Aotearoa from pest species. Dr Diane Fraser, President of the NZ Biosecurity Institute (NZBI), which promotes the week each year… Read more
Category: National. Posted: 19 June 2026
Thomas Carlin receives the Wendy Mead Professional Development Award Christchurch-based researcher from Scion, Thomas Carlin has been awarded a Wendy Mead Professional Development Award to assist him to travel to Melbourne to attend the Plant Biosecurity… Read more
Category: National. Posted: 19 June 2026
Rory Johnson receives an NZBI Scholarship Horizons Regional Council Pest Plant Biosecurity officer Rory Johnson has been awarded an NZBI Scholarship to help him study control methods for the invasive aquatic plant Senegal tea. In his application, Rory… Read more
Category: National. Posted: 19 June 2026
Tim Lunt receives an NZBI Scholarship Victoria University Masters student Tim Lunt has been awarded an NZBI Scholarship to study the transmission of honeybee disease American foulbrood. In this summary of his study Tim says: “Honey bees are a key… Read more
