Lin Nah🚨 🚨🚨 Male Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni) detection in Mt Roskill, Auckland
6:30pm 8 January 2026 update Includes map showing control zones
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7 January 2026
"As a precautionary measure, restrictions will be put in place on the movement of fruit and vegetables out of the area. Information for the public about these controls and the exact area affected will be issued once we have completed an initial investigation.
Until then, we ask that people who live and work in the suburb not take any whole fresh fruit and vegetables out of their properties."
Biosecurity New Zealand investigating and boosting trapping after finding fruit fly in Auckland. https://www.mpi.govt.nz/news/media-releases/biosecurity-new-zealand-investigating-and-boosting-trapping-after-finding-fruit-fly-in-auckland Press Release: Biosecurity New Zealand. 7 January 2026. Scoop. https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2601/S00114/biosecurity-new-zealand-investigating-and-boosting-trapping-after-finding-fruit-fly-in-auckland.htm
Details: Queensland fruit fly detection in Mt Roskill, Auckland.https://www.mpi.govt.nz/biosecurity/exotic-pests-and-diseases-in-new-zealand/active-biosecurity-responses-to-pests-and-diseases/queensland-fruit-fly-detection-in-mt-roskill-auckland
Fruit fly found in Auckland suburb; restrictions in place https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/583422/fruit-fly-found-in-auckland-suburb-restrictions-in-place RNZ 7 January 2026
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1news https://www.1news.co.nz/2026/01/07/fruit-fly-found-in-auckland-suburb-restrictions-in-place/ and NZ Herald https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/fruit-fly-found-in-auckland-suburb-restrictions-in-place/JWPENFQBRRGM3NJAIBVPGIWMPM/
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Fruit fly investigation continues in Auckland – controls on produce movement now in place | NZ Government
Legal controls on the movement of fruits and vegetables are now in place in Mt Roskill, says Biosecurity New Zealand commissioner north, Mike Inglis. The restrictions follow the detection of a single male Queensland fruit fly in a surveillance trap in the area.