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Taxpayers’ Union request to schools

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“This is an incredibly busy time for schools with exams looming. staffing appointments in a particularly tight job market and end of year awards and planning for the start of 2025 in full progress,” says Kate Gainsford, Chair of the Secondary Principals’ Council.
“Principals and staff have loads of work to get through in the time left before the start of 2025 and gathering information for a tiny lobby group appears to be pretty wasteful of government resources.”
Kate Gainsford said many principals were disappointed to receive such a request in this day and age. “Te Reo Māori is an official language in Aotearoa New Zealand and tikanga is a very significant part of ensuring that schools are welcoming, comfortable places for ākonga Māori and their whānau, and all young people growing up in New Zealand.
“Schools have worked hard over many years to meet Te Tiriti partnership responsibilities so that all students can be given the opportunity to learn te reo Māori and tikanga – it is part and parcel of being a good Te Tiriti partner.
“The OIA request asks schools to set aside their usual work so they can do research for the lobby group but provides no clarification about their motivation or what they are seeking to shed light on for what public good.”

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AA Traveller to stop printing free maps and guides

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Headline: AA Traveller to stop printing free maps and guides

After more than 90 years of producing free travel guides and printed maps for Members, the AA has made the tough decision to stop doing so.

The 2023 season travel guides and current suite of maps will be the last printed by AA Traveller.

With increasing obstacles, including soaring paper and distribution costs, combined with declining demand for paper-based maps and guides, the hard call had to be made.

AA Traveller’s wide range of travel Member Benefits – including discounts on Hertz and GO Rentals, accommodation, campervan hire, tours, Great Journeys NZ Trains and Interislander – will still be available to Members.

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School property changes welcomed – with some concerns

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“We have been waiting for the release of the report and recommendations for some time, so it’s great that schools have some certainty at last. It’s good to see the concerns of many schools reflected in the report.

“We are pleased that a Functioning Chief Executive (FCE) unit is being set up to prioritise school property – there is a tremendous amount of catching up to do and hopefully the FCE will mean this will happen at pace.”

However, principals were concerned about the Government’s intention to consider options for a new model that separated school property policy from operational delivery.

“Property functions must have a clear and close connection and integration with other planning and resourcing decisions affecting schools. This is crucial – the further away from the public service an entity becomes, and the more that it focuses on commercial efficiencies, the higher the risk that it misses the required integration with other planning and resourcing affecting schools. A good example of this is roll growth as a result of immigration.”

Kate Gainsford urged the Minister of Education to take into account principals’ and school boards’ knowledge and understanding of the complexity of schools’ needs, in designing a new model for school property.

“This will ensure that the new entity is truly responsive to schools’ needs, and can provide property solutions that will meet those needs. Property functions need to reflect the changing demands of what education looks like.

“For instance, while principals are happy with simplified and streamlined processes and buildings, school facilities cover a more complex set of needs than simple, modular relocatable units can generally meet on their own. These include: specialist teaching spaces, especially for technology; safe management of the movement of large numbers of people; air quality; professional workspaces; extra-curricular activities; and community expectations around schools as a hub for their communities.”

Kate Gainsford said the Secondary Principals’ Council looked forward to working with the Government on the implementation of the review recommendations. “I think we all agree that school property is a valuable public asset and should be well managed, planned for and maintained by the public service for the public good.”

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Partnering to plant trees on Crown-owned land: Request for Information

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Updates

17 March 2025 – Submissions have closed

The request for information (RFI) closed on 28 February. We received 85 submissions.

Information from the RFI process will help us understand what would make potential partnerships viable, and the conditions under which offers might be made.

Officials from across the Ministry for Primary Industries, the Ministry for the Environment, the Department of Conservation, and Land Information New Zealand will analyse the information and provide advice to ministers.

Ministers will then decide what opportunities there are and what next steps will be and will make public announcements later this year.

7 February 2025 – Information about Crown-owned land added

See the request for information documents

23 January 2025 – Updated question and answers, and map added

See the request for information documents

Background to this Request for Information

The Government wants to explore partnership opportunities to afforest (plant native or exotic trees) or promote native forest regeneration on Crown-owned land (excluding National Parks) that has low farming value and low conservation value.

This will:

  • contribute to climate change targets
  • spur economic growth through a thriving forestry and wood processing sector
  • improve native biodiversity and water quality.

Government to partner with private sector to plant trees on low-value Crown land – Beehive

Agencies involved 

  • Ministry for Primary Industries.
  • Land Information New Zealand.
  • Department of Conservation.
  • Ministry for the Environment.

We sought your feedback

We opened this Request for Information (RFI) to gauge interest in the proposal and understand what would make afforesting Crown-owned land an attractive and viable opportunity.

We asked to hear your views on:

  • opportunities for afforestation
  • conditions and contractual arrangements that would enable you to undertake afforestation
  • barriers to afforestation and what government could do to help overcome these.

Information documents

Overview: Partnering to plant trees on Crown-owned land [PDF, 609 KB]

Questions and answers about partnering to plant trees on Crown-owned land [PDF, 320 KB]

Indicative land map (high resolution) [PDF, 1.2 MB]

Publicly available information about Crown-owned land [PDF, 302 KB]

Afforestation on Crown-owned land – Cabinet paper [PDF, 1.1 MB]

Next steps after submissions close

We’ll advise interested parties of next steps in 2025.

We intend to progress with any partnership opportunities as soon as practicable. Your responses will help shape the Government’s decisions on possible opportunities and decide next steps as well as informing the commercial strategy moving forwards.

Where partnerships can be progressed under current law they will be taken forward as soon as practicable. In these circumstances, we anticipate that a second round of commercial negotiations on a site-by-site basis with interested parties may take place in 2025.

Where partners are looking for the Government to make changes to existing policy to support partnerships – such as changes to law – this will be subject to further advice from officials and decision-making by Cabinet in 2025. Any proposed changes to legislation would likely be advanced though usual parliamentary processes, including public consultation.

Responses are public information

Your response will be used by the Ministry for Primary Industries, Land Information New Zealand, Department of Conservation, and the Ministry for the Environment for their internal purposes and in advising ministers.

Note that all, part, or a summary of your response to the request for information may be published on this website.

People can also ask for copies of responses under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). The OIA says we must make the response available unless we have good reason for withholding it. Those reasons are detailed in sections 6 and 9 of the OIA.

If you think there are grounds to withhold specific information from publication, make this clear in your response or contact us, and we will take this into account when deciding whether to release the information. Reasons may include that your response discloses information that would unreasonably prejudice your commercial position or personal information.  Any decision we make to withhold information can be reviewed by the Ombudsman, who may direct us to release it.

All information provided will be held by the relevant Government agency in accordance with the Privacy Act.

Disclaimer

This process is not in any way binding, nor is it:

  • a consideration of disposal of the land for the purpose of Part 9 of the Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 or any other Claims Settlement Act, or
  • for lessees, an application under the Land Act 1948 or the Crown Pastoral Land Act 1998, or
  • an invitation, tender, or other action under section 17ZG(2)(a) Conservation Act 1987 to make an application for a concession. Your response will not be treated as an application for a concession. 

Participating in this process does not create a contract or any other legal relationship between you and the Crown. There is no obligation on the Crown to accept or advance your response.

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Proposed changes to the import health standard for importing stored plant products for human consumption

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Have your say

From 10 December 2024 to 20 February 2025, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) invites comment on proposed changes to the stored plant products for human consumption import health standard.

The short code for the import health standard is “SPP.Human.IHS”.

The proposed amendments seek to:

  1. update requirements for importing legumes in soup mix of retail packets up to 1 kg
  2. add South Korea to the list of countries that have no requirements for packaged rice (up to 25 kg).

Full details of the proposed changes are in the risk management proposal document.

Consultation document

Risk management proposal: amendment to the SPP.Human.IHS [PDF, 301 KB]

Related document: the current IHS

Stored Plant Products for Human Consumption (SPP.Human.IHS) [PDF, 613 KB]

Making your submission

Email your feedback on the draft by 5pm on 20 February 2025 to PlantImports@mpi.govt.nz

Make sure you include in your submission:

  • the title of the consultation document in the subject line of your email
  • your name and title (if applicable)
  • your organisation’s name (if you’re submitting on behalf of an organisation)
  • your contact details (for example, phone number, address, and email).

While we prefer email, you can send your submission by post to:

Plant Products, Biosecurity Import and Export Standards Directorate
Ministry for Primary Industries
PO Box 2526
Wellington 6140
New Zealand.

All submissions received by the closing date will be considered before the amended IHS is issued. MPI may hold late submissions on file for consideration when the issued IHS is next revised or reviewed.

Next steps

After we have considered all submissions there is a 10-day period which provides submitters with the opportunity to examine any changes to the IHS which have resulted from consultation. An independent review (under section 24 of the Biosecurity Act 1993) may be requested in this period if a submitter considers scientific evidence they raised during their submission has not received sufficient consideration. If there is no review, the IHS becomes final after 10 days.

Find out more about the process

Submissions are public information

Note that all, part, or a summary of your submission may be published on this website. Most often this happens when we issue a document that reviews the submissions received.

People can also ask for copies of submissions under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). The OIA says we must make the content of submissions available unless we have good reason for withholding it. Those reasons are detailed in sections 6 and 9 of the OIA.

If you think there are grounds to withhold specific information from publication, make this clear in your submission or contact us. Reasons may include that it discloses commercially sensitive or personal information. However, any decision MPI makes to withhold details can be reviewed by the Ombudsman, who may direct us to release it.

Official Information Act 1982 – NZ Legislation

Legal background

MPI must consult with interested parties in accordance with section 23 of the Biosecurity Act 1993 (the Act) and MPI’s consultation policy before issuing or amending (other than of minor or urgent nature) IHS under sections 24A and 24B of the Act.

An IHS specifies import requirements that must be met either in the country of origin or of export, or during transit, before biosecurity clearance can be given for the goods to enter New Zealand. MPI must ensure that these requirements are technically justified and provide an appropriate level of biosecurity protection

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Review of sustainability measures for fisheries – April 2025 round

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Updates 

26 March 2025 – Submissions and advice papers released

We have released the submissions and advice papers for rock lobster and Pacific bluefin tuna.

Rock lobster

Public submissions received for rock lobster stocks as part of the 2025 April sustainability round [PDF, 11 MB]

Advice paper: Review of sustainability measures for rock lobster in CRA 7 (Otago) and CRA 2 (Hauraki Gulf, Coromandel, and Bay of Plenty) [PDF, 4.1 MB]

Pacific bluefin tuna

Public submissions received for Pacific bluefin tuna as part of the 2025 April sustainability round [PDF, 5.1 MB]

Advice paper: Review of sustainability measures for Pacific bluefin tuna (TOR 1) for 2025 [PDF, 9.1 MB]

25 March 2025 – Minister’s decisions released for rock lobster

Following consultation, the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries has made decisions on sustainability measures for the CRA 2 (Hauraki Gulf, Coromandel, and Bay of Plenty) and CRA 7 (Otago) rock lobster fisheries.

We have released:

  • the minister’s decision letter, which provides further details and reasons for each of the decisions
  • summaries of the decisions for each stock.

The decision letter – Minister for Oceans and Fisheries [PDF, 440 KB]

Fisheries New Zealand’s advice for these rock lobster stocks and the submissions received during public consultation will be released soon.

Summary table of the minister’s decisions

Species

Stock/area

Summary of decisions

Rock lobster / kōura

CRA 7 – Otago
  • Increase the TAC from 134.5 tonnes to 137.5 tonnes.
  • Increase the allowance for all other mortality caused by fishing from 8 tonnes to 11 tonnes.
  • Retain the allowances for customary and recreational fishing at 10 tonnes and 5 tonnes, respectively .
  • Retain the TACC at 111.5 tonnes.

CRA 2 – Hauraki Gulf, Coromandel, and Bay of Plenty
  • Close the inner Hauraki Gulf to commercial and recreational rock lobster fishing. This encompasses waters south of a straight line extending from the southern boundary of the Cape Rodney-Okakari Point Marine Reserve to Port Jackson Bay, top of the Coromandel Peninsula (refer to the map below this table).
  • Retain the TAC at 173 tonnes.
  • Retain the allowance for all other mortality caused by fishing at 42.5 tonnes.
  • Retain the allowances for customary and recreational fishing at 16.5 tonnes and 34 tonnes, respectively.
  • Retain the TACC at 80 tonnes.

Area of closure in CRA 2

Map showing closure to parts of the Hauraki Gulf for spiny rock lobster

The map is available in a larger dimension(2953 x 3937) [PNG, 641KB]

3 March 2025 – Minister’s decisions released for Pacific bluefin tuna

Following consultation, the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries has made decisions on sustainability measures for Pacific bluefin tuna (TOR) as part of the 2025 April sustainability round.

This announcement is for Pacific bluefin tuna (TOR) only – the minister’s decisions for spiny rock lobster stocks will be announced later in March.

We have released:

  • a summary of the decisions for TOR
  • the minister’s decision letter

Fisheries New Zealand’s advice paper for TOR and the submissions received during public consultation will be released in the coming weeks.

Decision letter

The minister’s decision letter provides further details and reasons for his decision.

Summary table of the minister’s decisions for Pacific bluefin tuna

Species

Stock/area

Change

Decision summary

Pacific bluefin tuna

TOR 1 – all of New Zealand

TAC ↑

From 1 March 2025 to 30 September 2025:

  • increase the TAC from 145 tonnes to 229 tonnes
  • generate 84 tonnes of additional ACE

For the new fishing year beginning 1 October 2025:

  • increase the TAC from 145 tonnes to 235.5 tonnes
  • increase the allowance for recreational fishing from 25 tonnes to 30 tonnes
  • increase the TACC from 116 tonnes to 200 tonnes
  • increase the allowance for customary fishing from 0.5 tonnes to 2 tonnes

Update – 7 February 2025

Updated document fixing an email error

Fisheries New Zealand has noted an error in the email address for submissions in the summary document for the review of the Hauraki Gulf/Bay of Plenty spiny rock lobster fishery (CRA 2). The document was updated to correct the error and the email address on the document has been updated to FMSubmissions@mpi.govt.nz

This may have affected a small number of submitters, who would have received a bounce-back email at the time noting the email address was invalid. Fisheries New Zealand apologises for any inconvenience this may have caused and accepted submissions from those affected until 5pm on Wednesday 12 February 2025.

Consultation background

Fisheries New Zealand sought feedback on proposed changes to sustainability measures for 2 rock lobster stocks and Pacific bluefin tuna as part of the 2025 April sustainability round. We invited feedback from tangata whenua, stakeholders, and the public on these proposed changes.

What was proposed?

Fisheries New Zealand reviews catch limits for selected stocks twice a year. This is consistent with the purpose of the Fisheries Act 1996 to allow for sustainable utilisation.

Fisheries New Zealand reviewed catch limits and allowances, and spatial management measures for:

  • spiny rock lobster (CRA 2) – Bay of Plenty.

We also reviewed catch limits and allowances for:

  • spiny rock lobster and pacific bluefin tuna (CRA 7 and TOR 1) – Otago.

All the proposals in this round were assessed:

  • in the context of the relevant statutory requirements
  • using the best available information, including the latest scientific information on the status of the stocks and tangata whenua and stakeholder input.

Full details were provided in the consultation documents.

Table: Summary of the proposals and consultation documents

Supporting document

Information on the interpretation and application of the statutory considerations relevant to TAC decisions was provided in the legal appendix.

Legal appendix [PDF, 387 KB]

Related information

Fisheries Act 1996 – NZ Legislation

Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act 2000 – NZ Legislation

About the Quota Management System (QMS)

The Harvest Strategy Standard 

Operational Guidelines for New Zealand’s Harvest Strategy Standard [PDF, 843 KB]

The Deemed Values Guidelines [PDF, 896 KB]

Glossary of relevant terms 

National Fisheries Plan for deepwater and middle-depth fisheries [PDF, 1.4 MB]

Regional plan provisions and policy statements [PDF, 324 KB]

National Inshore Finfish Fisheries Plan [PDF, 10 MB]

Submissions are public information

Note that all, part, or a summary of your submission may be published on this website. Most often this happens when we issue a document that reviews the submissions received.

People can also ask for copies of submissions under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). The OIA says we must make the content of submissions available unless we have good reason for withholding it. Those reasons are detailed in sections 6 and 9 of the OIA.

If you think there are grounds to withhold specific information from publication, make this clear in your submission or contact us. Reasons may include that it discloses commercially sensitive or personal information. However, any decision MPI makes to withhold details can be reviewed by the Ombudsman, who may direct us to release it.

Official Information Act 1982 – NZ Legislation

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Proposals to amend the New Zealand Food Notice: Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds

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About this consultation and the notice

This consultation covers the next round of proposed changes to the Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for Agricultural Compounds Food Notice.

The notice:

  • establishes MRLs for agricultural chemicals and veterinary medicines (Schedule 1) to manage residues that may occur in food in New Zealand
  • lists agricultural chemicals (Schedule 2) for which no MRL applies
  • lists veterinary medicines (Schedule 3) for which no MRL applies.

Have your say about proposed changes

We want your feedback on:

  • 4 proposals for new or amended maximum residue levels in Schedule 1
  • a proposed formatting change to move the ‘Document History’ to an appendix.

Full details are in the consultation document. Submissions close at 5pm on 10 February 2025.

Consultation document

Proposals to amend the New Zealand Food Notice: Maximum Residue Levels for Agricultural Compounds [PDF, 355 KB]

Related document

WTO notification – NZL 778 – SPS notification – Proposals to Amend the Maximum Residue Levels [PDF, 197 KB]

Making a submission

Email your feedback on the consultation document by 5pm on 10 February 2025 to MaximumResidueLevels@mpi.govt.nz

In your submission, answer the following questions for any of the compounds for which changes to the notice are being proposed.

  1. On balance, do you oppose any of the details of the proposals, such as setting an MRL for a particular commodity or species?
  2. Do you oppose an MRL entry being established at all for this compound or for a commodity? If so, why do you oppose it?
  3. If an MRL is to be set for this compound for the commodity, do you disagree with the levels or conditions proposed? If so, why do you disagree?

What to include in your submission

  • The title of the consultation document in the subject line of your email.
  • Your name and title (if applicable).
  • Your organisation’s name (if applicable).
  • Your address.
  • The answers to the questions posed above for each compound you are commenting on.

While we prefer email, you can send your submission by post to:

MRL Amendments
New Zealand Food Safety
Ministry for Primary Industries
PO Box 2526
Wellington 6140
New Zealand.

Background information about MRLs

Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) are the maximum legal levels for residues of agricultural chemicals and veterinary medicines in food for sale in New Zealand. As new products and uses are registered, new entries for MRLs and compounds for which no MRL applies are established, and existing entries are adjusted as needed. The MRLs are set to ensure that residue levels remain as low as practicable without compromising the ability for the chemical to successfully do what is intended.  

The food notice and its entries are established for agricultural compounds to support Good Agricultural Practice in New Zealand while ensuring risks associated with food safety are effectively managed. MRLs may also be proposed to support the importation of food into New Zealand.

Submissions are public information

Note that all, part, or a summary of your submission may be published on this website. Most often this happens when we issue a document that reviews the submissions received.

People can also ask for copies of submissions under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). The OIA says we must make the content of submissions available unless we have good reason for withholding it. Those reasons are detailed in sections 6 and 9 of the OIA.

If you think there are grounds to withhold specific information from publication, make this clear in your submission or contact us. Reasons may include that it discloses commercially sensitive or personal information. However, any decision MPI makes to withhold details can be reviewed by the Ombudsman, who may direct us to release it.

Official Information Act 1982 – NZ Legislation

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Proposed amendments to the Animal Status Declaration form

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Have your say

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is seeking feedback on proposed changes to the Animal Status Declaration (ASD) form. The ASD form was last changed in 2012. Since then, changes to our trade environment and the Bovine Tuberculosis Programme means that it’s time to update it.

On this page, you can find:

We welcome your comments about the changes to the ASD form. Submissions are open between 6 January 2025 and 31 January 2025.

Consultation document

Draft Animal Status Declaration (ASD) [PDF, 315 KB]

Related document

The current ASD form [PDF, 155 KB]

Changes that have prompted the update of the ASD form

The European Union (EU) has introduced new veterinary medicine regulations to support their actions in combating antimicrobial resistance. The regulations introduce new requirements for the import of animals and animal products from third countries, specifically prohibiting the use of antimicrobial agents administered for the sole purpose of promoting animal growth or increasing yield.

The use of antimicrobials to treat or prevent disease is not affected. For New Zealand, the requirement applies to bovine, ovine, caprine, and cervine species for human consumption. The requirements are already in place and also apply to trade within the EU.

From September 2026, MPI will be required to provide official health certificates for all animals and/or animal products exported to the EU, confirming that they meet the new rules.

To provide this certification, changes to the current Animal Status Declaration (ASD) are needed to include a declaration confirming whether animals have been treated with antimicrobial agents for the sole purpose of promoting animal growth or increasing yield. This will allow MPI to determine market eligibility and facilitate trade with the EU.

Making your submission

Submissions close at 5pm on Friday 31 January 2025.

To help make your submission, we encourage you to use our submission template.

Submission template feedback form [DOCX, 65 KB]

Email your submission to animal.products@mpi.govt.nz

While we prefer email, you can post your submission to:

New Zealand Food Safety
Ministry for Primary Industries
PO Box 2526
Wellington 6140.

What to include in your submission

Be sure to include:

  • the name of the consultation document (Submission on proposed changes to the ASD form)
  • your name and title
  • your organisation’s name (if you are submitting on behalf of an organisation, and whether your submission represents the whole organisation or a section of it)
  • your contact details (such as phone number, address, and email).

After the consultation closes

The publication date for the ASD has not been confirmed yet. MPI is working with OSPRI to confirm timelines for when the updated ASD will be issued. This includes updates to any electronic ASD.

Once the updated ASD has been issued, only the new form will be valid.

MPI is working with Beef & Lamb, DairyNZ, and the Meat Industry Association to assist with communication to farmers, processors, saleyards, and others of this change once the timelines for the update have been confirmed.

About the Animal Status Declaration form

The Animal Status Declaration (ASD) form is a vital component of the market eligibility system that underpins the Government’s ability to sign export certificates. It applies to cattle, deer, sheep, lambs, goats, ostriches, emus, horses, alpacas and llamas. A separate ASD is required for pigs.

The purpose of the ASD is to transfer key information about an animal, or group of animals, to the next person in charge of the animals, and ultimately to the processor.

Practices on farms, lifestyle blocks, and other places where food-producing animals are kept, impact on the safety and suitability of animals for processing. It can also affect the resulting animal products’ eligibility for trade. Knowledge of these practices is essential for our export trade.

The ASD also incorporates the Bovine Tuberculosis questions required by the Animal Health Board under the Biosecurity (National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Plan) Order 1998. 

The Animal Status Declaration for pigs is not affected by this update.

Find out more

Animal Status Declarations

About Animal Status Declarations (ASDs) – OSPRI

Biosecurity (National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Plan) Order 1998 – NZ Legislation

Submissions are public information

Note that all, part, or a summary of your submission may be published on this website. Most often this happens when we issue a document that reviews the submissions received.

People can also ask for copies of submissions under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). The OIA says we must make the content of submissions available unless we have good reason for withholding it. Those reasons are detailed in sections 6 and 9 of the OIA.

If you think there are grounds to withhold specific information from publication, make this clear in your submission or contact us. Reasons may include that it discloses commercially sensitive or personal information. However, any decision MPI makes to withhold details can be reviewed by the Ombudsman, who may direct us to release it.

Official Information Act 1982 – NZ Legislation

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Proposed bylaws for 9 mātaitai on the west coast of the South Island

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Have your say

Makaawhio Tangata Tiaki/Kaitiaki have proposed bylaws to maintain and improve sustainability and increase fish stocks within 9 West Coast mātaitai.

This includes changes to the recreational fishing rules for a number of fish, shellfish, and seaweed species within these mātaitai.

Submissions open on 5 December 2024 and will close at 5pm on Friday 31 January 2025.  

What’s being proposed?

The 9  mātaitai are:

The proposed bylaws are different for each mātaitai but generally would:

  • prohibit taking seaweed except karengo and wakame (Undaria)
  • prohibit taking of some shellfish species
  • reduce daily limits for some fish and shellfish species
  • reduce combined daily finfish bag limits in some mātaitai
  • implement a maximum tail width for spiny rock lobster of 70mm in some mātaitai
  • implement a maximum daily limit per vessel for spiny rock lobster, pāua, blue cod, and combined finfish bag limits for some mātaitai.

Consultation document

Makaawhio Mātaitai Reserves proposed draft bylaws [PDF, 272 KB]

Making a submission

You can make submissions about the proposed draft bylaws by 5pm on Friday 31 January 2025. Email your feedback to fmsubmissions@mpi.govt.nz

While we prefer email, you can also post your written submission to:

Inshore Fisheries South
Ministry for Primary Industries
Private Bag 1926
Dunedin 9054.

A copy of the proposed bylaws may be inspected from 5 December 2024 during normal office hours at:

The Fisheries New Zealand office
73 Otaki Street
Dunedin

The Fisheries New Zealand office
14 Sir William Pickering Drive
Christchurch

Makaawhio Rūnanga office
125 Revell Street
Hokitika

Department of Conservation
Awarua/Haast Visitor Centre, Haast Junction,
Corner SH6 and Jackson Bay Road, Haast.

Definition of mātaitai reserves

A mātaitai reserve is an identified traditional fishing ground which tangata whenua have a special relationship with. They are limited to fisheries waters and do not include any land area. Mātaitai reserves do not change any existing arrangements for access to private land.

More information about mataitai reserves

Submissions are public information

Note that all, part, or a summary of your submission may be published on this website. Most often this happens when we issue a document that reviews the submissions received.

People can also ask for copies of submissions under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). The OIA says we must make the content of submissions available unless we have good reason for withholding it. Those reasons are detailed in sections 6 and 9 of the OIA.

If you think there are grounds to withhold specific information from publication, make this clear in your submission or contact us. Reasons may include that it discloses commercially sensitive or personal information. However, any decision MPI makes to withhold details can be reviewed by the Ombudsman, who may direct us to release it.

Official Information Act 1982 – NZ Legislation

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Proposed amendments to Chapter F of the Animal Products Notice: Production, Supply and Processing

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Update – 26 March 2025

The amendments to Chapter F of the Animal Products Notice: Production, Supply and Processing under this consultation have been included in the overall update of the Notice.

For the updated Notice and a summary of submissions received during consultation, go to Proposed amendments to the Animal Products Notice: Production, Supply and Processing

Consultation background

New Zealand Food Safety consulted on additional proposed amendments to Chapter F of the Animal Products Notice: Production, Supply and Processing (the PSP Notice). These proposed changes included updates to clarify rules and align terminology.

Consultation on the proposed amendments closed 6 January 2025.

Proposed changes to the PSP Notice

The PSP Notice specifies requirements for animal product businesses and recognised agencies and persons of these businesses under the Animal Products Act 1999.

This consultation proposed amendments to the clauses under Chapter F – Red Meat.

Part F1 – Farmed red meat animal supply

  • F1.5 – Content of supplier declarations: human consumption.
  • F1.6 – Content of supplier declarations: animal consumption.

Part F3 – Red meat processing

  • F3.9 – Ante-mortem examination at processing premises of animals for human consumption.
  • F3.10 – Processor requirements for pigs for human consumption excused from ante-mortem examination.

These amendments were additional to the amendments proposed in the consultation on the PSP Notice that closed on Tuesday 10 December 2024.

Other proposed amendments to the Animal Products Notice: Production, Supply and Processing

Consultation documents

Proposed amendments to Chapter F (red meat) of the Animal Products Notice: Production, Supply and Processing [PDF, 384 KB]

Draft PSP Notice

In the draft PSP Notice, the amendments that were proposed in this consultation were highlighted in green to distinguish them from the amendments proposed in the other consultation, which were highlighted in yellow.

Draft proposed amendments to the Animal Products Notice: Production Supply and Processing [PDF, 326 KB]

Submissions are public information

Note that all, part, or a summary of your submission may be published on this website. Most often this happens when we issue a document that reviews the submissions received.

People can also ask for copies of submissions under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA). The OIA says we must make the content of submissions available unless we have good reason for withholding it. Those reasons are detailed in sections 6 and 9 of the OIA.

If you think there are grounds to withhold specific information from publication, make this clear in your submission or contact us. Reasons may include that it discloses commercially sensitive or personal information. However, any decision MPI makes to withhold details can be reviewed by the Ombudsman, who may direct us to release it.

Official Information Act 1982 – NZ Legislation