Enter Now - Young Achiever Award 2018
This year's Young Achiever competition is an opportunity for the personal & professional development of our young nursery people. ... more
Conference 2018
Save the date - June 27 & 28, Rotorua, Rydges Hotel. More information to follow soon. ... more
Plant Producer Biosecurity Scheme
New Zealand plant producers will drive development of an industry biosecurity scheme to detect pests and diseases and prevent their spread. ... more
Myrtle Rust update 20 April
The total number of infected properties is now 603, an increase of 25 since the last report 13 April. MPI have moved to look to how to manage the disease over the long term. ... more
New Zealand Plant Producers Incorporated (NZPPI) is the peak industry body for plant producers and our industry partners. It's an opportunity for plant producers and their community to collaborate in shaping and growing an industry body with an influential voice that delivers value to our businesses.
It grew from work to identify a model for a producer-led industry body to advance an agenda for a broader and more inclusive community of plant producers and their industry partners.
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Some of what's been &/or is on our task lists ...
Targeted review of Qualifications (TROQ) ...
FMS 2017 audits ...
GM petunia ...
Myrtle rust ...
PEQ facility standard ...
Poinsettia thrips ...
PMAC (plant exports) ...
Go Gardening spring edition ...
Retail Special Interest Group ...
Fruit Tree Imports & Offshore accredititon ...
Member get member recruitment ...
Long term budget forecasts ...
Xylella & Ornamental Imports ...
GERMAC (plant imports) ...
Pelleted seed imports ...
MBIE & PVR Law Reform ...
New trolleys for spring ...
BMSB ...
Trolley Special Interest Group ...
PEQ Facility Standard ...
Science and Innovation Strategy Development ...
PVR Techncial Focus Group ...
latest newsletter
Click here to connect to the new Biosecurity Myrtle Rust webpage with the latest information and updated protocols. Register your nursery on the NZPPI Biosecurity Register
Please note, this is a work in progress and the titles at the foot of the page are not yet linked.
Member Guidance - Spray Incident Response
In September we sent members on guidance on how to respond to a suspected spray dift incident ... more
NZPPI Strategic Direction 2017-2020
A key Board focus in 2017 has been NZPPI's Strategy - setting the new direction for NZPPI and leading change needed to implement this and make the new model work ... more
NZPPI Member Workplace Health and Safety Guide
NZPPI's guidance to assist members develop or refine their Workplace Health and Safety policies and procedures now available ... more
Greenhouse thrips
Poinsettia thrips have been found in an Auckland greenhouse; please look out for them on house plants and greenhouse produced crops ... more
UNWANTED - BMSB
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) is a major threat to the New Zealand economy and the public. It's high on horticulture's most unwanted list ... more
Science Strategy Update
Strategy developmet's well underway with the Steering group having met and Bill Dyck now working on a consultation draft ... more
Pelleted Seed Import Health Standard review
The rules for importing pelleted seeds are under review and NZPPI is working on this with MPI ... more
PEQ Facility Standard Update
New requirements for operating manual has slowed facility accreditations and recent discussions with MPI have identified a path forward ... more
GM petunias
13 April update - MPI have recently added a third recognised laboratory for the testing of GMO's on petunia species. ... more
NZPPI's Prospectus 2017
Our foundation document that sets out what NZPPI and the plant producer community are all about! ... more
NZPPI highly commended at Biosecurity Awards
NZPPI was a recipient of the Highly Commended award in the Industry category at the recent inaugural Biosecurity Awards 2017. ... more
Biosecurity Warning for Pea Weevil
A ban is now in place on growing peas in the Wairarapa region, applying to both home gardens and commercial cropping ... more
NZPPI Member Cyber Security Checklist
NZPPI's checklist to assist members refine their cyber-security readiness now available ... more
Appointment of NZPPI CEO
New Chief Executive Officer, Matthew Dolan, will start on October 24 2017, based in our Wellington office. ... more