Industry workforce summit - 29 May
NZPPI is holding an industry summit on workforce training and education. This summit will focus on the ongoing decline in industry training in our sector and the industry led solutions to this problem. ... 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

Myrtle Rust update 16 May
The total number of infected properties is now 693, an increase of 50 since the last report 7 May. MPI have moved to look to how to manage the disease over the long term. ... 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

Special Interest Groups
A cornerstone of the NZPPI model are Special Interest Groups (SIGs), where groups of our members can coalesce and work on activities of interest to a sub-group of our membership ... 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

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

Member Guidance - Spray Incident Response
In September we sent members on guidance on how to respond to a suspected spray dift incident ... 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

PEQ Facility Standard Update
New requirements for operating manual has slowed facility accreditations and recent discussions with MPI have identified a path forward ... 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