Coptotermes acinaciformis, Australian subterranean termites
- Australian subterranean termites, update 2014
MPI Biosecurity Response Update, 6 August 2014. Coptotermes acinaciformis is a highly destructive termite that attacks both living trees and timber in service. Five incursions of this termite have been…
- Surveillance programme for subterranean termites
From SURVEILLANCE 39 (1) 2012. New Zealand has three species of native termites. They do not form large colonies and are generally nondestructive. As a consequence, New Zealand wooden buildings are not built…
- Australian subterranean termites in New Zealand
From Forest Health News 227, July 2012. Recently the Ministry for Primary Industries announced that an incursion of Australian subterranean termites (Coptotermes acinaciformis) has been eradicated from a property in…
- Australian subterranean termites response, Pukekohe 2010
From Report to Forest Biosecurity Committee meeting 8 September 2011. This termite species (Coptotermes acinaciformis) was first detected in a house and landscaping timber (imported railway sleepers) at a rural residential…
- Subterranean termites - Nelson and Auckland 2008
From MAF BNZ Report to Forest Biosecurity Consultative Committee, July 31 2008. A colony of Australian subterranean termites, Coptotermes acinaciformis, was detected from Richmond, Nelson in January 2006 and at…
- Australian termites in New Zealand
From Biosecurity Issue 82, March 2008. Australian termites pose a potentially significant biosecurity risk for New Zealand. Although current import health standards for timber mitigate the risk of new introductions,…
- Subterranean Termites Auckland 2007
The presence of exotic subterranean termites, Coptotermes acinaciformis , was confirmed at a property in South Rodney (Auckland) on 10 January 2007. An initial inspection detected termite activity within a…
- Subterranean termites found in Nelson
From Biosecurity 67, May 2006. A colony of Australian subterranean termites, Coptotermes acinaciformis, was recently reported from a property in Richmond, Nelson. The species is the same one that was…
- Australian Subterranean termites
From Forest Health News 159, February 2006. With the recent discovery of Australian subterranean termites (Coptotermes acinaciformis) in the South Island at Richmond, Nelson, perhaps it is timely to review the history…
- Australian subterranean termites eradicated
from Biosecurity 60, June 2005. Biosecurity New Zealand has welcomed the successful eradication of the Australian subterranean termite (Coptotermes acinaciformis) from sites at Otorohanga, Morrinsville and Matamata. Subterranean termites are…
- Otorohanga on track for termite all-clear
From Biosecurity Issue 42, March 2003. An Otorohanga suburb dubbed ‘Termite Hill’ due to persistent problems with the Australian subterranean termite (Coptotermes acinaciformis) has passed its third year without any…
- Subterranean termites: elimination on target
From Biosecurity Issue 32, December 2001. No Australian subterranean termites were found in the latest survey of residential properties in Otorohanga. Conducted by representatives of MAF, VIGIL and the Australian…
- Subterranean termites – the hidden enemy
From Biosecurity Issue 22 , September 2000. Australian subterranean termites (Coptotermes acinaciformis) probably hitchhiked into the country unnoticed several decades ago, within Australian telephone poles, railway sleepers and wooden packaging.…
- Subterranean termites
From Forest Health News No. 92, December 1999. On 10 November the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) began an eradication programme of Australian subterranean termites (Coptotermes acinaciformis) from a…
- Australian termite activity
From Forest Health News 77, August 1998. After having a low profile for some years, Australian subterranean termites are back on the agenda. The recent discovery of colonies of Coptotermes…
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The NZFOA/NZFFA Transport and Logistics committee is pleased to announce the release of a new appendix to the New Zealand Forest Owners Road Engineering Manual, titled Forest Roads for High…
- Emissions Trading Scheme fee review a relief for cost-struck foresters
Thursday, February 29, 2024
The New Zealand Forest Owners Association says the review of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) fees is a relief for foresters facing excessive costs and loss of climate change action. …
- Planting trees on pasture can have a positive impact on soil health
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Rather than damaging soil in New Zealand, planting trees on pasture restores soil to be similar to its original condition. A recent news story highlighting changes in soils from converting…
- Forest plantation soils have benefits too
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
The Forest Owners Association (FOA) says the fact that soils under plantation forests are similar to soils under native trees, does not make them damaged, as a recent Newshub report has claimed.…
- Wilding Conifers - A legacy issue that needs continued, collaborative management
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Forest owners welcome the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s (PCE) acknowledgement that the presence of wilding conifers across New Zealand is largely a legacy issue, but caution against placing costs…
- Stock take of the commercially viable alternatives to Pinus radiata
Tuesday, October 03, 2023
Scion has published a “Stock Take of the Commercially Viable Alternatives to Pinus Radiata” for MPI, which reviews alternative species, their expected growth rates, climatic range, resilience to pests or…
- SNA regulations 'confusing ecological naivety'
Thursday, July 06, 2023
Forest Owners say the just released National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity (NPSIB) is a classic bureaucratic formula of confusing ecological naivety which will not help rare species and likely…
- Primary sector leadership not addressing economics as the real climate change issue
Tuesday, July 04, 2023
The immediate past president of the Farm Forestry Association (NZFFA) says the leaders of the primary sector and government are ineffectively tinkering with lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Graham West says the…
- Forest Owners hail ‘Biosecurity Hero’
Monday, May 22, 2023
The Forest Owners Association and Scion want more people to report suspicious imported wood products which might be infested with introduced wood and forest pests. FOA Biosecurity Manager, Brendan Gould,…
- Ministerial inquiry could have widespread implications for Tairawhiti community
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
The New Zealand Institute of Forestry says the just announced Tairawhiti land use inquiry is recommending measures which will stop the very activities which are vital for the region’s recovery.…
- Tairawhiti land use inquiry not addressing wider issues
Sunday, May 14, 2023
The Forest Owners Association says the Ministerial Inquiry into landuse in Tarawhiti has a core of practical recommendations, but has not addressed some more difficult and fundamental issues. President, Grant…
- Forest Owners say carbon-only forestry should be kept off productive land
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
The Forest Owners Association would like to see production forestry and farming on productive land – rather than this land used for carbon-only forests. It says this should be a…
- Opportunities from Trees Workshops - NZ Wide
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
The NZ Farm Forestry Association (NZFFA) is running 18 extension workshops in May and June with a target audience of landowners, or people with access to land, who are potential tree…
- Forest Owners back more trees for Tairawhiti
Sunday, April 16, 2023
The Forest Owners Association has told the Ministerial Inquiry into land use in Tairāwhiti, that the region’s future has to include more trees for land stability. But it appreciates forest…
- Small scale woodlot owners have their say in Tairawhiti Land use Inquiry
Sunday, April 02, 2023
he outgoing President of the Farm Forestry Association says it has been vital for farm foresters to directly address the Ministerial Inquiry into forestry and other land use in Tairāwhiti.…
- Future forests need to be multifunctional to meet climate change in Tairawhiti
Thursday, March 16, 2023
The Farm Forestry Association says the just convened Ministerial Inquiry, into land-use across Tairāwhiti, needs to look closely at the tree options for shoring up vulnerable farm and former forest land in…
- Hill country farming campaign shows they think climate change is someone else’s problem
Thursday, March 09, 2023
The Forest Owners Association says the latest campaign against forestry, led by Beef+Lamb New Zealand and 50 Shades of Green, is climate change responsibility denial, and is dangerous in the…
- Forest Owners says two months too brief to look into the complex land issues in Tairawhiti.
Thursday, February 23, 2023
The Forest Owners Association says the two month long inquiry into land use in Tairāwhiti doesn’t give enough time or depth to find solutions. The Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins has…
- Forest Owners want genetic technology approved
Thursday, February 16, 2023
The Forest Owners Organisation says New Zealand needs to concentrate on the safety of genetic technology on a case-by-case basis rather than persisting with blanket bans. The FOA wants approval…
- Fieldays Forestry Hub to demonstrate that forestry is a solution
Monday, November 28, 2022
A range of solutions to farmers’ current problems will be on display in the Fieldays Forestry Hub near Hamilton between 30 November and 3 December, says Farm Forestry Association president,…
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