Entry of Pacific Islands plants

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33514, 20 April 1974, Page 17

Entry of Pacific Islands plants

Passengers arriving in Xeee Zealand from the Pacihc Islands, who ui-h to bring in nursery stock, need to have a prior plant quarantine permit.

Mr 1.. G Morrison. the r Ministry et Agfcu 1 ! ore ami p Fisheries Deputy Director h ;Plant He.:.th) '.nd - will apply I" tile m- ' [reduction "t plant' from " the Cook Is'ands. I tji. o Tonga Western Samoa. t American Samoa. Nine p> Island, and New ta ; .hm a 1 Plant mat< rial t islands usually consist' o| ci ohms dracaena pant, giniei. hibiscus and v sansevieria. species which n are in New Zealand, -o there m is risk ef introducing dis- bi ease. Ihe designation nur- P sery stork does not include P 1 the normal range ol fruit e< and vegetables exported to New Zealand lor con- i; sumption, or seed, or the ' bulb. corm. rhizome. or tuber of an ornamental plant in a dormant stage. Now under New Zealand's k, Introduction and Quarantine v of Plants Regulations 1973. v nurserv stock must be ac- '

I not her I .5. project Mainline Corporation. Ltd has acquired a 45 per cent interest in a $4.6m shopping centre and office park on California's Monterey Peninsula. I'he project is Mainline's 14th in the United States. A month ago the company announced that it had started work on t SUSI7m luxury apartment project. Mainline did not say how much the latest interest had cost. liursill expands Bursill Engineering (N.Z.) Ltd, Auckland, has purchased a 24 per cent shareholding in R. Patton and Sons, Ltd. Petone. The Auckland company is a subsidiary of Bursill Engineering Pty, Ltd. Australia, and the firms involved are concrete pump manufacturers. The managing director of R. Patton and Sons (Mr R Patton) said that the merger would lead to the export of concrete pumps to Australia and Asia.

anpanied bx both a pnor •rnnt and an Internationa, •ahh certilicate. he -aid I’he Ministrx P' ic' pit imi'ix xxas tha' entrx mild not be refused, will} nt prior pet inn. provided le stock was It ee It om ■st' and d:-ea><' and that permit could be obtained t arrival With the recent 'iniea-t i nursery Mock coin.ng to e\i Zea and «it lit Hit pel nt difficulty has arisen in aking the necessary checks ■lore issuing an on-arrixal ■rinit lor this reason the >iicx has itad to be review 1 said Mi Morrison Iwo public aliens, issued . the Adx is. rx Services P sion of the Ministry of .griculture and fisheries. A Guide to Importers of lain Material" and "Piant ■uarantine in Xexx Zealand ould prove helpful to ould-be importers, said Mt lorrison.