The Government has finally confirmed a National Pest Management Plan to provide nationwide consistency for managing the impact of Phytophthora agathidicida (kauri dieback disease). The May Budget included $28 million for implementation of the plan to protect kauri. The plan came into force on 2 August.
 
It contains 10 rules to support the protection of kauri trees and affect people who:

• visit kauri forest areas
• cultivate kauri
• have kauri on their land that are at risk.

The rules include: an obligation to report and provide information; controls on propagating kauri, requirements for risk management plan from some landowners; controls on earthworks in kauri areas; stock exclusion notices; restrictions on release of animals; obligations to clean items and use cleaning stations; and requirements for tracks and roads that pass through kauri forests.
  
The MPI website has more details.
See: Biosecurity National PA Pest Management Plan Order 2022 [PDF, 395 KB]
National PA Pest Management Plan FAQs – July 2022 [PDF, 261 KB]

Image: A kauri in the Waitākere Ranges, Audrey van Ryn