Category: MIL-OSI

Source: New Zealand Government

A bill providing additional temporary support for low-to-middle income working families amid rising fuel prices driven by the Middle East conflict has passed its final reading in Parliament today, Revenue Minister Simon Watts says.

“The conflict in the Middle East is directly resulting in higher prices at the pump, putting additional pressure on Kiwi households,” Mr Watts says.

“That’s why the Government added an amendment to the Taxation (Annual Rates 2025-26, Compliance Simplification, and Remedial Measures) Bill to provide timely, temporary, targeted support to working families most impacted by rising fuel prices.”

From 7 April, about 143,000 working families with children will get an extra $50 a week through a boost to the in-work tax credit. A further 14,000 working families will receive a smaller payment.

“This support is carefully targeted at families in the squeezed middle – parents who are working hard, not eligible for main benefits, and raising kids on modest household incomes,” Mr Watts says.

The Bill also includes measures to remove tax barriers so New Zealand businesses can attract more investment and talent.

“The Government wants to grow the economy, so households and businesses have better opportunities here at home,” Mr Watts says.

“We have revised the thin capitalisation rules to make New Zealand more attractive to overseas investors, especially for infrastructure projects.

“Thin capitalisation rules limit deductions for debt that foreign investors can claim on their New Zealand investments. These rules prevent income being shifted offshore and protects our tax base.

“But these rules can sometimes go too far and discourage investment, particularly for the capital-intensive infrastructure projects that are typically funded by large amounts of debt.

“The changes introduced by this Government makes sure our rules strike the right balance.”

The Bill also includes a range of other measures to help attract and retain capital and talent, such as:

• Allowing new migrants and returning Kiwis to be able to use a new taxation method that taxes realised returns rather than estimated gains.
• Helping startups and listed companies by improving the rules for employee share schemes to allow more flexibility on when tax must be paid.
• Allowing digital nomads to stay longer before being taxed, making New Zealand a more attractive place to visit and spend money.

“These changes ensure New Zealand remains an attractive place to work, invest, and raise a family,” Mr Watts says.

“By supporting working households and strengthening our tax settings, the Government is building a future where the economy is stronger, businesses can grow and Kiwis have more opportunities.”

Source: NZ Department of Conservation

Date:  26 March 2026

The traps use machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence, to recognise pest species and only trigger if a pest enters, making them far safer for curious native birds.

The use of these traps, a first for DOC, will make trapping along the Heaphy Track more efficient and effective,” says Programme Lead Jane Williams.

“These new traps will be much easier to maintain, needing only annual checkups rather than the monthly and four-monthly checks for the different types of existing traps. They can catch rats, stoats, and possums, versus the older versions which required separate traps for possums.

DOC is installing 35 traps around the Heaphy, Lewis and Mackay huts, while removing the existing traps. The traps will keep pests away from the huts between 1080 operations.

While the installation is a trial, hopes are high that the traps will make a real difference to predator numbers and the resources needed to manage them.

Jane says, “The new traps should help to keep numbers of predators very low, with less input required from rangers.”

“DOC will also place 40 traps around an area where two nationally critical Powelliphanta snail populations exist, which are highly susceptible to rat predation.

“With our sustained programme of predator control in the Heaphy, people out naturing on the track are already reporting seeing kiwi in the daytime on the track. We are very excited to see how the new traps work in our West Coast environment and what a continued reduction in predators might bring.”

The traps are funded through mining compensation paid to DOC from Bathurst Resources.

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Source: NZ Department of Conservation

Date:  26 March 2026

“The silver lining is we are very lucky to have an incredibly supportive local community sending us photos and keeping watch. They are real naturing heroes. The marine reserve is for everyone to enjoy and to protect our precious marine species for future generations,” says DOC Mahaanui Operations Manager Andy Thompson.

Fifteen infringement notices and/or formal warnings have already been handed out to people found fishing illegally in the marine reserve and DOC staff are seeking help to identify more alleged offenders, thanks to photos taken by members of the public.

DOC wants to speak to the skippers or owners of the vessels in the photos taken and supplied to DOC in February and March.

“Boaties often say they didn’t know it was a marine reserve but that’s not a good enough excuse. All the information is there on an app called Marine Mate. You can see on a map clearly where it’s illegal to fish or take shellfish,” Andy Thompson says.

“Part of our job is to educate people – but there are also members of the public who are deliberately flouting the rules and taking fish and crays and other marine creatures. We can’t be on the water everyday patrolling, so we rely on members of the public to spot illegal activity,” he says.

Andy Thompson says it’s incredibly disappointing the number of offences has spiked suddenly over the past few months.

With the growth in numbers of visitors wanting to visit the marine reserve, DOC staff are looking at putting in buoys to highlight the best spots for wildlife watching and learning about the special species under the waves.

DOC marine rangers are also keen to develop a recognised community network to help look after the marine reserve, like a group in the Abel Tasman National Park.

“This is one way the public can really help us protect nature. We want people to see this as ‘community naturing’ – by taking action to protect our threatened species, you’re our eyes and ears on the water.”

If anyone has information regarding the people in these photos, they’re urged to email investigations@doc.govt.nz or phone the 0800 DOC HOT (0800 362 468) phoneline.

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Source: New Zealand Government

Pharmac has negotiated a provisional agreement for the supply of drug eluting stents to public hospitals that would result in estimated savings of $1.2m for public hospitals per annum, says Associate Health Minister David Seymour. 

If feedback is positive, the deal would award Principal Supply Status for permanent coronary drug-eluting stents for public hospitals to Medtronic New Zealand from 1 June 2026. 

“When you spend better, you can afford more,” Mr Seymour says. 

Under this proposal Medtronic would supply 65% of drug-eluting stents to public hospitals for a term of three years. Other brands would remain listed on the Pharmaceutical Schedule and be available for use by public hospitals. 35% of the drug-eluting stents purchased in public hospitals could be another brand that is not the Medtronic brand.

“Not only will this proposal save the health system $1.2m every year, but it will also ensure hospitals have continued access to high quality stents. A drug-eluting stent is a tiny support tube that keeps an artery open and releases medicine to stop it from re-blocking,” Mr Seymour says. 

“Medical device procurement was paralysed for 13 years. Last year we made procurement more efficient, certain, and transparent. Now we can get the benefits. 

“The new procurement process recognises that both Pharmac and Health New Zealand (HNZ) are best suited to managing and procuring certain devices.  Each agency has separate responsibility for the procurement of certain devices, but they work together too.

“Pharmac and HNZ have worked closely to draw up this proposal. This has included working with the Interventional Cardiology Advisory Group to better understand the needs of the clinicians who use drug-eluting stents, because they know best. The advisory group provided advice on the design of the proposal, as well as evaluating the clinical suitability of the proposed stents.

“If the proposal is approved Pharmac and Health NZ will work together to transition public hospitals to the new stents. This transition will include coordinating with Medtronic to provide training, education and support to hospitals.

“Now Pharmac want to hear from health professionals, procurement personnel, funding managers and suppliers to make sure this proposal works for everyone.” 

Consultation is open until 4pm, Tuesday 28 April. Feedback can be emailed to devices@pharmac.govt.nz

Source: New Zealand Police

Attribute to Senior Sergeant Dan Scott – Napier Police:

Police are appealing to the public for information following burglaries in Greenmeadows and Tamatea.

Police were called to an address in Greenmeadows about 6am this morning after two offenders were found in the victim’s house.

Both offenders fled the scene.

Police located a youth nearby. He was taken into custody with multiple charges including burglary.

A second offender was later identified and located. A 26-year-old man was charged with multiple burglary offences and is due to appear in Hastings District Court this afternoon.

Police believe this pair may have been into multiple properties in the Greenmeadows and Tamatea areas and ask residents to check security footage and report any information that might relate using reference number 260326/1713.

Police have also located further items of property that are believed to have been stolen.

Please report any information or missing property via the 105 service online or by phone.

ENDS

Issued by Police Media Centre

Source: New Zealand Government

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon met with Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo in Auckland today, during his first official visit to New Zealand. 

“New Zealand and Tuvalu share a close friendship and a joint commitment to regional security, resilience, and prosperity,” Mr Luxon says. 

“We are longstanding supporters of Tuvalu’s development priorities, and I am pleased we have renewed our countries’ Statement of Partnership, which underpins our ongoing work together.

“Tuvalu is leading the way in the region and globally in responding to sea-level rise. As part of the renewed statement, we will provide additional support to coastal resilience through the Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project.” 

Discussions covered climate and economic priorities, social and governance issues, and Pacific regionalism including Tuvalu’s hosting of a pre-COP31 Leaders’ event in October. 

“New Zealand welcomes Tuvalu’s hosting of this important event and stands ready to provide practical support to ensure it is a success,” Mr Luxon says.

The renewed New Zealand–Tuvalu Statement of Partnership is attached.

Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries

New technology is being introduced to Biosecurity New Zealand’s yellow-legged hornet eradication programme in Auckland to further strengthen the operation in the lead up to winter.

Biosecurity New Zealand’s commissioner north, Mike Inglis, says the response toolkit will soon be boosted with new AI-enabled cameras to help monitor hornets.

These cameras from the University of Exeter Vespa AI Team in Britain have arrived in the country and from next week we’ll be testing their effectiveness at locating areas of interest for hornets and their nests.

“The cameras have been used experimentally in the UK, and we are supporting this research by deploying them at live-capture feeding traps here in Auckland. They’ll monitor hornet movements and help us pinpoint areas with high hornet activity.

“Because we’ve now found and destroyed a substantial number of hornets and nests, our teams are spending longer observing feed stations. Using these cameras means we can closely monitor activity online, freeing up our field workers for other tasks.”

The new cameras are part of a suite of tools that includes radio trackers, ground surveillance, traps, and the use of a poisoned bait called Vespex. 

A core component of the eradication work programme has been input from 2 experts in hornet control from the United Kingdom who are impressed with the work to date and the progress made.

Pete Davies, formerly from Britain’s Animal Plant and Health Agency, is now on a second visit to the North Shore to provide advice, training, and tactical support to the eradication effort.

Along with his colleague Dan Etheridge, he has been working closely with the response team, offering advice on field craft, radio tracking technology, nest destruction, specialist training, and insights on how the Auckland hornet population is developing.

“I’ve been hugely impressed with the scale of the New Zealand eradication response and the work of the Biosecurity New Zealand team, partners, and the community to get rid of this pest,” says Pete Davies.

“The response has been incredibly well-resourced – more so than I’ve seen anywhere overseas.

“You’re throwing everything at it, using all the technology available and treating it with urgency. I remain optimistic that you’ll ultimately eradicate the hornet from New Zealand.”

Mike Inglis says since the response started in November last year, 75 queens and 127 nests have been found and destroyed – much of this thanks to an incredible effort from the public reporting sightings to us. We’ve had over 15,610 public notifications to date.

“I’m asking everyone on the North Shore to watch out for hornets and their nests. They’re still active, and we need to find every nest before winter. All the hornets will die then, except any mated queens that escape our efforts and hibernate until spring when they would emerge and produce the next generation.”

Report suspected sightings of hornets or their nests

You can make reports:

• by calling our exotic pest and disease hotline on 0800 809 966
• by emailing us at info@mpi.govt.nz
• online at report.mpi.govt.nz – if you use this method, select the ‘suspected yellow-legged hornet’ option from the dropdown list.

Ensure you give your location when making reports.

More information and updates on the hornets

Source: New Zealand Police

Police were quick on the heels of a trio allegedly responsible for an aggravated robbery and car theft in Glen Eden yesterday.

Just before 4pm, Police were called to an eatery on Glendale Road following a report of three people making demands and taking money from a till.

Acting Detective Inspector Megan Goldie, Waitematā CIB, says the group fled in a light blue Nissan Tiida prior to Police arrival.

“The vehicle, which had been confirmed as stolen, was later located abandoned on Adam Sundae Place, near an address known to Police.

“Police deployed to the area quickly, setting up cordons around Solar Road.”

Acting Detective Inspector Goldie says Delta were then able to track from the vehicle to an address on Solar Road where three youths were quickly taken into custody.

“This was a great example of Police utilising their local knowledge to assist in identifying and locating the people involved.

“I would like to thank all staff involved for their great collective work in bringing this to a quick resolution.”

A 14-year-old male will appear in Waitākere Youth Court on 31 March charged with aggravated robbery and unlawfully getting into a vehicle.

Two other males, both 13, have been referred to Youth Aid Services.

ENDS.

Holly McKay/NZ Police

Source: New Zealand Government

Good morning, everyone. 

It’s great to be here today. 

I’d like to thank Katie Bradford for the warm welcome and Nick Leggett and his team at Infrastructure New Zealand for hosting today’s event. 

Katie – congratulations on your new role, I look forward to seeing you continue to cover infrastructure at the NZ Herald. 

I’d also like to acknowledge Labour Infrastructure spokesperson, Kieran McAnulty.

Last time we were are at an Infrastructure NZ event together we were wearing the same shoes – I hope that passes as bipartisanship.

In all seriousness, I do think we agree on the fundamentals – which is building consensus on the idea that governments of all stripes should use best practice to plan, select, fund and finance, deliver, and look after infrastructure.

I said it last year, Kieran said it in Parliament the other week, and I’m glad we are getting to this place. 

Today, I’ll run through the how the Government intends to respond to the National Infrastructure Plan, then I’m happy to answer your questions. 

But before I get into it, I want to briefly touch on the context we are operating in. 

Context

Over the last month, global events and uncertainty have impacted New Zealand’s economic recovery. 

The conflict in the Middle East, and its resulting fallout is hurting all kiwis, particularly with higher fuel prices at the pump.

This has exposed an uncomfortable reality for kiwis – 

Not only do we face systemic, decades-in-the-making challenges like low productivity and an infrastructure deficit – we also face significant and more frequent shocks such as extreme weather events and offshore conflicts.

At the same time, Fitch recently put our AA+ credit rating on a negative outlook. 

Currently, the interest bill on Government debt is $8.9 billion per annum and rising. In Wellington I’d say that’s six Transmission Gullys a year on interest payments alone, but here in Auckland maybe a better point of comparison is the City Rail Link project – we could get another 1.5 CRLs per year for that kind of money.

If New Zealand’s credit rating was downgraded and that led to higher bond yields, then our interest payments would go up even more.

Taken together, we effectively have triplet headwinds (1) long-standing systemic economic issues, (2) exposure to shocks, and (3) high debt.

While we don’t have the power to declare peace in the Middle East, we can and must control how we respond.

Support for hardworking families 

To start, we have moved quickly to provide extra support for low-to-middle-income working families. 

From 7 April, about 143,000 working families with children will get an extra $50 a week through a boost to the in-work tax credit. The boost will also expand eligibility to around 14,000 additional working families. 

The increase will be temporary, lasting for one year or until the price of 91 octane petrol drops below $3 a litre for four consecutive weeks. 

This boost will deliver support to working families who are under significant cost-of-living pressure, without making inflation worse or further driving up Government debt as this $373m initiative is being paid for out of Budget 2026 operating allowances. 

The COVID-19 Inquiry stressed that spending in response to crises should be timely, targeted, and temporary. 

That’s what we’re doing. 

The previous Government responded to COVID-19 through profligate, irresponsible spending – racking up debt. It’s clear some people have not learned from this and have called for this Government to make the same mistakes. But we won’t. 

Throwing the kitchen sink at every event that happens is a recipe for fiscal disaster. 

While it may sound simple and appealing, simply borrowing more could lead to a self-reinforcing “vicious cycle” where debt servicing takes up a large (and growing) share of government revenue. 

That forces increased taxes and/or cuts to public services and infrastructure to pay for that debt, which in turn reduces long-term economic growth, which then puts downward pressure on Government revenue, making the debt even less manageable. 

It is naive at best and economically-illiterate at worst to pretend that New Zealand can afford to run structural deficits. 

The Coalition Government understands New Zealand’s fiscal reality, and we know we cannot live beyond our means in the long run.

We are committed to protecting people’s living standards, which depends on strong fiscal discipline. We also know that sometimes extra, targeted support is needed.

We can do both. 

Fuel plan

Right now, we know the conflict in the middle east is causing concerns across the country and across the world about supply of fuel. 

As you know, Government has been keeping New Zealanders informed about our fuel supply situation. 

We have sufficient stocks for now, and we are working hard across diplomatic, commercial, and industry channels to ensure that remains the case.

But this situation is also a reminder of something we already knew – New Zealand is exposed to international fuel markets in ways that carry real risk.

Around half our fuel comes from South Korea and nearly a third from Singapore. 

When global supply chains are disrupted, as they are now, that exposure becomes very tangible for families and businesses who feel the pain at the pump.

We know higher fuel prices are hitting families and businesses hard. That’s why we put in place the targeted cost-of-living relief for low- and middle-income families earlier this week.

But maintaining fuel supply is the most important thing we can do to protect Kiwis from the worst-case scenarios.

Later this week Nicola Willis – who is in charge of our response as a Government – will provide an update on the National Fuel Plan along with further detail around how we see some of the levels playing out in practice. 

We all hope things improve quickly, but as the Prime Minister has said, hope is not a plan.

So, we’re doing the hard yards now to ensure New Zealand has a really solid fuel plan that gets us through whatever the international situation throws at us in the coming months.

Fixing the basics and building the future 

A key part of becoming more resilient to shocks is having strong institutions, functional regulation, and a high-performing economy.

As Paul Krugman observed – “Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run it is almost everything.”

This Government is supporting growth through policies like Investment Boost and Fast-Track, getting on with building billions in infrastructure, and signing up to more free trade agreements. 

We are also tackling long-standing systemic issues that have accumulated and festered for 20 to 30 years. 

I’m thinking of things like RMA reform, infrastructure funding and financing reform, sorting the Holidays Act, reversing wealth destructive earthquake prone building legislation, opening up competition in building materials, and more. 

I strongly believe that if we get these things right, maintain fiscal discipline, and keep momentum going, the 2030s will be New Zealand’s decade.

National Infrastructure Plan 

Now, I want to touch on how the Government intends to respond to the National Infrastructure Plan.

The Infrastructure Commission released the final Plan on 17 February. 

I’d like to acknowledge Raveen, Geoff, and the team at the Commission for their hard work on this. 

The Plan does not sugar coat things: New Zealand has real challenges ahead.

We spend a lot on infrastructure – around 5.8% of GDP annually, one of the highest in the OECD – yet we rank towards the bottom for efficiency, and we are fourth to last in for asset management. 

Many government agencies do not properly understand what they own nor have long-term investment plans. The assurance system for new projects is also weak and not focused on giving Ministers confidence that we are getting good value for money.

New Zealand’s future prosperity depends on high quality infrastructure. It is central to our quality of life. 

It’s been clear to me since I became Minister that change is needed, and this is what the Plan will help us do.

The Plan puts forward 16 recommendations that sit under four key themes. 

Those four themes are:

1. Planning what we can afford
2. Looking after what we’ve got
3. Prioritising the right projects
4. Making it easier to build better

Many of the recommendations the Commission suggests are long-term system shifts including legislating requirements for long-term investment and asset management plans. 

Now, it’s worth noting that this isn’t the first time we’ve seen some of these recommendations. 

This isn’t even the country’s first infrastructure plan. 

New Zealand actually had plans in 2010, 2011, and 2015. 

Some recommendations in these older plans are identical to the ones in this Plan!

My theory of the case is: 

Previous Governments completed these reports, looked at the recommendations, and said “oh that’s nice”, “that could be ok”, “let’s look into that a bit more” – then, ultimately, pushed the boat out on hard changes. 

I am not going to do that.  

This Government is up for big changes, and we thank the Commission for their challenges and for their recommendations. 

We will be studying these recommendations thoughtfully and carefully. 

Then, we are statutorily required to respond to the Plan in mid-June this year.

I know many people in this room are keen to see more bipartisanship in the infrastructure sector. To the extent that that’s possible, I’m up for it. 

That’s why all parties in Parliament were offered briefings from the Commission on the Plan. 

We also held a Special Debate on the Plan once it was finalised. 

I can’t claim to speak for all parties, but I suspect that almost all of the projects underway right now are supported by everyone.

It’s the high profile and high-cost disagreements that make the headlines. But it’s the low profile and often low-cost projects that actually make New Zealand.

I’ve long held the view that we should move away from the rhetoric of needing a bipartisan pipeline and instead build bipartisan consensus on the idea that governments of all stripes should use best practice to plan, select, fund and finance, deliver, and look after infrastructure.

It was really nice to hear Kieran McAnulty, who is here today say something similar in Parliament the other day. 

He said: 

• “Surely we can make genuine efforts to agree on the settings by which infrastructure is assessed and funded and delivered in this country”. I agree, I think we can do that. 

He also said: 

• If all Crown infrastructure went through the independent assurance process that the Infrastructure Commission has set up, then we will go a long way to avoiding the cancellation of projects that we have seen in the past.

On this, I also largely agree with Mr McAnulty, and I will have more to say on that soon.  

I intend to engage with other political parties in Parliament before finalising the Government’s response in June.

Other improvements to Investment Management System 

Before I finish, I just want to quickly go over initial work we have done to improve data and transparency as it relates to Crown infrastructure. 

Last year’s announcement of ‘$7 billion of Government-funded infrastructure projects entering construction’ actually came about because one day I noticed there were quite a few projects starting in the couple of months. 

So, I asked for a list of projects starting construction in the next six months. 

It took about a month to collect this information centrally, which is emblematic of the system not providing Ministers the information we need in the form we need it.

If I’m honest, Ministers also didn’t have good visibility of agencies’ investment activity and performance. 

This made it difficult to signal to the sector when projects were coming to market, and to intervene when agencies are off-track with a project, aren’t meeting their requirements, have significant lag times between being funded and signing contracts, or – worse – are systemically underperforming across multiple metrics.

This was not acceptable. 

The public deserve to know that their tax dollars are being spent responsibly and effectively. 

To better hold agencies to account and to make sure Ministers can act on issues earlier, we have strengthened Quarterly Investment Reporting. 

Now, each quarter we know key metrics, like how much spend is going out the door and the ratio of agencies’ actual versus planned expenditure. 

New Zealand has long struggled to turn funding into construction quickly, and the market has made it clear that they want higher quality information on upcoming construction activity. The improved QIR now makes it clear which agencies are behind.

The Minister of Finance and I have stressed to Portfolio Ministers the need for accurate reporting and forecasting. It’s early days, but we’re closely monitoring whether underspend improves in 2026.

Conclusion

Thanks again to Nick and the team at Infrastructure New Zealand for inviting me to speak.

It’s great to see so many people here passionate about getting infrastructure right in New Zealand – like Kieran, who I will be talking to shortly about the Government’s response to the National Infrastructure Plan. 

I welcome everyone’s feedback on what else the Government should do to improve the system. 

Because ultimately, I think we’re all in this room because we believe in a better New Zealand with higher living standards for all kiwis – backed by high-quality public services and well-maintained infrastructure.

Thank you. 

Source: New Zealand Government

Catch limits for spiny rock lobster have been reduced for Gisborne, and increased for Otago following a regular sustainability review, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says.

“These are both highly valued fisheries, and my decisions aim to ensure their sustainability for the benefit of fishers today and in the future. 

“The Gisborne spiny rock lobster fishery (CRA 3), which extends from East Cape around the Māhia Peninsula to the Wairoa River, remains under pressure despite commercial catch and recreational daily limit reductions in 2024. There’s also some uncertainty about the immediate and ongoing effect of the 2023 cyclones on spiny rock lobster habitat in CRA 3, meaning we need to be cautious.”

“Therefore, I have decided to lower the total allowable catch for the fishery, including a 49-tonne reduction to the allowable commercial catch,” Mr Jones says.

Complementing this catch reduction, commercial fishers in CRA 3 have also agreed to spread out their fishing effort to address regional differences in stock recovery. 

“I thank these fishers for their contributions to the responsible management of the fishery. They are strongly invested in the long-term health of these important resources.”

In response to signs that the Otago spiny rock lobster fishery (CRA 7) is doing well, catch settings are increasing in line with the management procedures for fishery, Mr Jones says. 

“The commercial catch limit for the fishery will increase by 21.9 tonnes, which will be a welcome boon for the local economy and communities.”

Management procedures, like those introduced to CRA 7 in 2024, are a framework to guide efficient decision-making to reach sustainability goals, while providing greater certainty to fishers.  

“Also included in the review was Southern blue whiting in the Bounty Platform fishery in sub-Antarctic waters. Following the consultation I have decided that the current catch settings remain appropriate for the fishery,” Mr Jones says. 

“I want to acknowledge the many people including tangata whenua, recreational and commercial fishers, environmental groups and local communities who provided feedback on these proposals. This input forms an important part of the advice I receive from officials, and the decisions I have made.” 

The catch limit changes will take effect from 1 April 2026. 

More information can be found on MPI’s website: https://www.mpi.govt.nz/consultations/review-of-sustainability-measures-for-spiny-rock-lobster-cra-3-and-cra-7-april-2026-round

Media contact: Lucy Bennett, +64 221 038 687