Resources
Pest type
While most pests and diseases in New Zealand are non-native species, not all pests are introduced. Here find information on different pests grouped by type.
Marine
- Marine Pest ID Guide, New Zealand (pdf 1.7 MB)
- Fiordland marine biosecurity resources
- Aquaculture Biosecurity Handbook (pdf 7.2 MB)
- Aquaculture Biosecurity management technical reference (pdf 2.7 MB)
- Harbour master contacts for the south Island and lower north island (pdf 64 KB)
- Bonamia ostreae Resources
Plant
- On farm pest management - AgPest
- Velvetleaf farm management plan template (pdf 152 KB)
- Velvetleaf ute guide (pdf 5.2 MB)
- Chilean needle grass ute guide (pdf 2.8 MB)
- Biological Control of Weeds
- Weed Control Guide (pdf 3.2 MB)
- Victorian Gorse Taskforce Community Outreach videos
- Wilding Conifer Management Strategy 2015–2030 (pdf 1.3 MB)
- Wilding Conifer Programme: North Island Management Units (pdf 2.1 MB)
- Wilding Conifer Programme: South Island Management Units (pdf 1.5 MB)
- Velvetleaf fact sheet and farm management information (pdf 773 KB)
- National Pest Plant Accord 2012 (pdf 3 MB)
- Resource Kit for invasive plant management
Predator
- Possum control and animal welfare (pdf 338 KB)
- Trapping best practice from Predator Free NZ
- Calculator: Possum control costs
- Welfare performance of animal traps
- Mouse eradication using aerial baiting Current agreed best practice used in New Zealand (pdf 334 KB)
- A1 Possum Population Monitoring Using the Trapcatch, Waxtag and Chewcard Methods (pdf 3.8 MB)
- A10 Feral Pigs: A Review of Monitoring and Control Techniques (pdf 3.4 MB)
- A11 Feral and Stray Cats: Monitoring and Control, a Preliminary Guideline towards Best Practice (pdf 3.4 MB)
- A13 Responsible Use of Bait Stations: An Operators' Guide. (pdf 3 MB)
- A14 Aerial 1080 control of possums and rabbits (pdf 2.6 MB)
- A15 Determining the age of wild pigs using tooth eruption (pdf 1.7 MB)
- A3 Private Landowners’ Guide to Possum Control, Control Tools and Techniques (pdf 9.8 MB)
- A4.1 Leghold Traps, A guideline for Capturing Possums, Ferrets and Feral Cats using Leghold Traps (pdf 12 MB)
- A4.2 Kill Traps: A Guideline to Trap Possums, Ferrets, Stoats and Feral Cats using Kill Traps (pdf 8 MB)
- A4.4 Possum and Ferret Traps: A report to inform and advise users of trapping products (pdf 4.7 MB)
- A5 Pest Rabbits: Monitoring and Control Good Practice Guidelines (pdf 12 MB)
- A6 Pest Rooks: Monitoring and Control (pdf 3.4 MB)
- A7 Pest Hares: Monitoring and Control (pdf 5.7 MB)
- A8 Pest Mustelids: Monitoring and Control (pdf 2.3 MB)
- A9 Wallabies: Control and Monitoring of pest Dama and Bennett's Wallabies (pdf 2.8 MB)
- B1 Legislation Guide: User Guide to Legislation Relating to Terrestrial Pest Control (pdf 577 KB)
- B2 Vertebrate Toxic Agents: Minimum Requirements for Safe Use and Handling, Best Practice Guidelines (pdf 2.7 MB)
- B7 Signage: Minimum requirements for signage where vertebrate toxic agents are laid outdoors for pest control (pdf 1.2 MB)
- B8 Tracking: Minimum requirements for tracking vertebrate toxic agents (pdf 1.7 MB)
- C1 Questions and answers on 1080 (pdf 792 KB)
- C4 The Possum Busters are coming Brochure (1080 Health & Safety brochure) (pdf 1.3 MB)
- C5 Cholecalciferol: Its Use for Possum and Rodent Control. (pdf 2.1 MB)
- C6 Cyanide: Its use for Possum Control. (pdf 1.5 MB)
- C7 Brodifacoum: its use for Possum and Rodent Control in Forests and Farmland. (pdf 6.2 MB)
- C3 1080 and dogs don't mix brochure (pdf 176 KB)
- Humane and Effective Vertebrate Pest Control: A Review of Best Practice Management (pdf 466 KB)
- National Cat Management Strategy
- Rat eradication using aerial baiting Current agreed best practice used in New Zealand (pdf 552 KB)
- Trap testing guidelines: National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) (pdf 311 KB)
- Traps & devices: Guidelines and resources
- Managing animal pests - SOPs and technical documents from the Department of Conservation
- Resource kit for rodent and cat eradication
- New Zealand national cat management strategy group (ncmsg) report 2020
- Pest animal control guidelines for the Auckland region