"Protect" is a quarterly magazine produced by the NZBI. Each issue contains a range of articles covering all aspects of biosecurity and news of events held by the Institute and its branches.

Below are selected sample articles from the current and previous issues of "Protect". Full issues are available to members electronically or in hard copy if required. To become a member contact your local branch or the national secretary.

Latest Articles

• Maximising The Effectiveness Of Aerial 1080 Control Of Possums
• Blueberry ash: A newly naturalising tree species in Northland
• Giant problems for Taranaki
• Exotic fish: Valuable fisheries or pests?

Archive Articles

Biosecurity Issues - General

• Biosecurity and Genetically Modified Organisms In New Zealand
• Hitchikers Guide To Biosecurity
• Maori And 1080
• The Importance Of Biosecurity Awareness
• Limiting New Invasive Weeds In New Zealand - Some Emerging Issues

Weeds

• Manchurian Wild Rice - The Alien Invader Can Be Stopped
• Potential New Invaders Of Coastal Dunes
• Methods For Controlling Moth Plant In The Waitakere Ranges
• Recently Declared Unwanted Organisms
• Water Hyacinth - A World-Wide Weed
• Alternatives To Willows For Riverbank Protection

Vertebrate Pests

• If It Croaks At Night It Shouldn't Be Here
• Effects Of Magpies On Birds Subject Of Study

Insect Pests

• Control Methods Proving Successful Against Ant Pests

Diseases

• Let's Not Horse Around With Equine Diseases
• MAF Keen To Hear About Parrot Disease

Marine/Fish

• Two Pest Fish Species Arrive In South Island Water Bodies
• Ballast Water Database Assists Marine Biosecurity