ʻO ka ʻike mua ʻana i kahi maʻi hou i Aotearoa - ʻo Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) - ma kahi ʻāpana hua liʻiliʻi ua ʻae i ka hana wikiwiki e hoʻopaʻa a pale i ka laha ʻana o ka maʻi. Ua luku ʻia nā ʻanoʻano a pau a me nā mea kanu.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Dekemaba, ua hoʻolaha ka ʻoihana iā Biosecurity New Zealand i ke alo o ToBRFV i nā hua i lawe ʻia mai ʻIseraʻela. ʻOiai ua lawe ʻia kēia mau ʻanoʻano me kahi palapala phytosanitary e hōʻike ana iā lākou ʻaʻole ʻo ToBRFV e pili ana i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i waho o ke kai, ua ʻike hou ʻia ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i kahi pae haʻahaʻa o ka maʻi.
He pathogen koʻikoʻi ʻo ToBRFV no nā mea kanu ʻōmato a me ka capsicum a he Organism makemake ʻole ʻia ma New Zealand. Ma ke ʻano he hana makaʻala, ua hoʻokuʻu iki ʻo Biosecurity New Zealand i ka lawe ʻana mai o ka capsicum a me nā hua ʻōmato no ka lūlū ʻana mai ka ʻIseraʻela.
Ua hiki iā Biosecurity New Zealand ke helu i nā hua a pau i lawe ʻia mai a me nā mea kanu i ulu mai ia mau mea. ʻAʻohe hōʻailona a i ʻole nā hoʻāʻo maikaʻi no ToBRFV mai nā mea kanu i ulu mai nā ʻanoʻano, i kaupalena ʻia i ʻekolu mau hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma Auckland.
Ua ʻae ʻo Biosecurity New Zealand a me nā hoa hana i hoʻopilikia ʻia e komo i kahi pane ma lalo o ka Government Industry Agreement (GIA). ʻOiai ʻaʻohe kumu e manaʻo ai ua laha ʻia ka maʻi, ua luku ʻia nā mea kanu a pau i ulu ʻia mai ka hua i hoʻohaumia ʻia no ka mālama ʻana i nā pilikia i koe. Ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi ʻia a hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia nā wahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻekolu.
Ma ke ʻano he mea mālama mua, ua luku ʻo Biosecurity New Zealand i nā mea kanu tōmato a pau i ulu ʻia mai nā ʻanoʻano i hoʻopōʻino ʻole ʻia i pili kokoke i nā mea kanu i hoʻopilikia ʻia.