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National Interest Pest Responses (NIPR)

The National Interest Pest Responses (NIPR) programme is a key biosecurity initiative in New Zealand, managed by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). It focuses on eradicating or containing nine high-risk weed species that have already established in the country but pose significant threats to the environment, economy, and cultural values.

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Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI)

    • Cape tulip (Moraea flaccida)
    • hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
    • Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense)
    • Manchurian rice grass (Zizania latifolia)
    • phragmites (Phragmites australis)
    • pyp grass (Ehrharta villosa)
    • salvinia (Salvinia × molesta)
    • water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes)
    • white bryony (Bryonia cretica)
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