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Question marks over science, agri creds at MPI's top table

Where are the science and primary industry creds of our biosecurity MPI bosses?

Call to shut public out of all kauri forests

Forest and Bird has shut its own reserves to dramatise a need to close all kauri forests.

Call for rāhui to boost fish, shellfish numbers

Geese could be eating all the flounder. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Underground booze barons: $40m in spirits smuggled into NZ

Death fears over smuggled booze into NZ.

Exposed: Footage of dead, deformed chickens inside Tegel farm

WARNING: Disturbing footage: 'The sheer scale of animal suffering was overwhelming.'

Fran O'Sullivan: New Zealand must stand up to Trump

COMMENT: It's time for Winston Peters and David Parker to call out the United States.

More animals, fewer deaths in research and testing

MPI says numbers up 13 per cent from the record low achieved in the previous year.

Investigation uncovers cows buried on archaeological site on Motutapu Island

Allegations 49 cows were buried at an archaeological site on Motutapu Island investigated.

MPI refers potential misconduct to SFO

Misconduct uncovered during OIA response on use of private investigation firm

Border patrol dogs get plush new kennels

New Zealand's biosecurity detector dogs have a plush new 80-kennel home

Harbour under threat from Asian crabs

Aggressive invaders will eat native crabs' food. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Local Focus: Tauranga Harbour under threat from Asian crabs

Disturbing discovery made in Tauranga Moana. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Mycoplasma bovis eradication plan unveiled

About 150,000 cows will be culled from Kiwi farms.

Editorial: Eradication of M. bovis right way to go

EDITORIAL: The Cabinet faced an invidious decision on the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis.

'M. bovis' outbreak devastates couple's life

Thousands of cattle slaughtered because of M. Bovis but there's also a human cost.

Cruise ship slaughter: Seabirds die in boxes

Calls for improvements after seabirds die aboard cruise ship after being placed in boxes.

MPI defends decision not to prosecute fishing companies

Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash says overfishing of hoki is "totally unacceptable".

Unsustainable: Companies dumping and under-reporting catches

Fisheries report casts doubt on industry claims that hoki is being fished sustainably.