18 Aug 2017

MPI responds to criticism over biosecurity & border control

From Nine To Noon, 9:08 am on 18 August 2017

Yesterday on the programme the secretary of the Auckland Tree Council, Mels Barton, gave the Minister a serve over its management of Kauri dieback and Myrtle Rust, voicing fears that the fungal disease killing Hawaii's pohutukawa trees could reach New Zealand with devastating consequences. Kathryn talks to MPI's Dr Erik van Eyndhoven.