Pest plants could become more widespread in future years, landowners can take action to help protect their assets.
Learn how to manage animal and plant pests on your land, including controlling the spread of nassella tussock in Canterbury. Discover on-farm biosecurity measures to protect your property from pests and diseases.
On-farm biosecurity
Learn how to protect your property from the entry and spread of pests.
Manage animal and plant pests
Understand pests and how you can manage them on your farm.
Controlling nassella tussock
Learn how to identify, report and control this invasive grass that is spreading in Canterbury.
Wilding pine programme
A helpful guide for landowners aiming to eliminate planted or wilding pines and curb their spread.
Wallaby eradication programme
Do you have wallabies on your land? Help us to fight this pest and report signs and sightings.
Pest search
Search and identify plant and animal pests in Waitaha/Canterbury.
Farming tools
Biodiversity news
Hay distributed near Duntroon in the 1970s may be a source of the invasive grass, nassella tussock spread, according to information obtained from the community.