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Waikato Biosecurity Strategy 2022-2032 | Rautaki Tiakitanga Taiao o Waikato 2022-2032

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Image - cover of the Waikato Biosecurity Plan How we minimise the impacts of pests in our region.

Waikato Regional Council has regional leadership for pest management in the Waikato region. The council’s Biosecurity Strategy defines what that leadership looks like and outlines our regional biosecurity priorities. The Waikato Regional Pest Management Plan 2022-2032 is the statutory biosecurity document that sets out the rules occupiers in our region must comply with, so we can all work to protect the things we value in our region.

What is the Waikato Biosecurity Strategy?

The Waikato Biosecurity Strategy 2022-2032 sets out Waikato Regional Council’s blueprint for ensuring we operate and maintain a collaborative, cohesive and comprehensive biosecurity system within the Waikato region over the next 10 years. The strategy, which is non-statutory, integrates the council’s regulatory and non-regulatory biosecurity functions, including the 2022- 2032 Waikato Regional Pest Management Plan (RPMP) and all other biosecurity activities such as monitoring and surveillance, research, incursion responses and collaborative action.

Our biosecurity partnerships and programmes contribute to the purpose of the council’s 10-year strategy of working together for a Waikato region that has a healthy environment, strong economy, and vibrant communities.

Read the strategy

FOREWORD | WHAKAPUAKITANGA

Strategic goals and regional priorities

Strategy implementation

Outcomes

PART 1: SETTING THE SCENE | TE WHAKARITE KAUPAPA

Introduction

What is biosecurity and why is it important?

Overview of New Zealand’s biosecurity system

Why develop a biosecurity strategy for the region?

PART 2: REGIONAL PRIORITIES AND ACTIONS | NGĀ WHAKAAROTAU Ā-ROHE ME ĀNA MAHI

Strategy for biosecurity in the Waikato region

Vision, goals and outcomes

Regional priorities

PART 3: STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION | TE WHAKATINANATANGA O TE MAHERE RAUTAKI

Implementation of the Biosecurity Strategy

APPENDICES | APITIHANGA

Appendix 1 - Organisms covered by this strategy

Appendix 2 - Contributing to biosecurity in the Waikato region