Ministerial Statement On Kiwifruit Disease

by Desk Editor on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 — 2:12 PM

Article – ParliamentToday.co.nz

When Parliament resumed the Agriculture Minister David Carter made a ministerial statement on the discovery of the kiwifruit vine disease Pseudomonas syringae pv. Actinidiae (Psa) on a number of vines in a Bay of Plenty orchard.

Ministerial Statement On Kiwifruit Disease

When Parliament resumed the Agriculture Minister David Carter made a ministerial statement on the discovery of the kiwifruit vine disease Pseudomonas syringae pv. Actinidiae (Psa) on a number of vines in a Bay of Plenty orchard.

Mr Carter said resources were being made available to deal with the issue and while the disease was a potentially a serious threat to the sector, there was no need to panic at this stage.

A number of political parties spoke in support of the Government’s action but Labour and the Greens were critical of what they described as cuts to biosecurity spending.

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