The Kauri Dieback Governance Group has agreed on three measures that it believes will save the species in Northland and elsewhere.
The group has agreed to instigate a Controlled Area Notice for kauri dieback, a national pest management plan, and a Strategic Science Advisory Group.
"These new measures will give greater protection to kauri," Ministry for Primary Industries chief operations officer Roger Smith, who chairs the governance group, said.
"They are targeted at getting people to do the right thing, and will strengthen efforts to manage the spread of kauri dieback."
The first measure the programme's partner agencies agreed on was putting in place a Controlled Area Notice (CAN) for kauri dieback, under the Biosecurity Act 1993.