MAF BIOSECURITY NEW ZEALAND 
STANDARD 155.02.06 
Importation of Nursery Stock  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issued as an import health standard pursua nt to section 22 of the Biosecurity Act 1993 
 
 
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand  
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 
PO Box 2526 
Wellington 
New Zealand 
AMENDMENT RECORD 
 
Amendments to this standard will be given a consecutive number and wi ll be dated in the 
body of the table and in the footer. Brief deta ils of the amended pages are included below. 
 
 
No: Details: Date: 
1 Section 2.2.1.7 Pesticide treatments for dormant bulbs  27 April 2005 
2 Lilium  schedule of special c onditions, sections 2.2.1.6, 2.2.1.7 
and 2.2.2. 17 June 2005 
3 Ficus schedule 6 September 2005 
4 Acacia, Acer, Allium, Canna, Cotoneaster, Cycas, Hippeastrum, 
Hydrangea, Iris, and Lilium schedules  6 October 2005 
5 Acacia, Acer, Begonia, Canna, Cotoneaster  and Hydrangea 
schedules, section 2.2.1.7 8 February 2006 
6 Acer, Aesculus, Arbutus, Acacia, Calladium, Camellia, 
Castanea, Gaultheria, Fagus, Kalmia, Photinia, Prunus, 
Vaccinum schedules, section 2.2.1.10, section 2.2.1.11 22 May 2006 
7 Actinidia , Hippeastrum  and Prunus  schedules 9 August 2006 
8 Allium, Fragaria, Hippeastrum, Miscanthus, Solanum tuberosum , and Zantedeschia  schedules. 4 August 2008 
9 Corylus and Wollemia nobilis  schedules. 10 November 2008 
10 Allium , Persea , Rubus , Vaccinium , and Vaccinium macrocarpon 
schedules. 7 April 2009 
11 Sections1.4, 2.2.1.8, 2.2.1.9, 2.2.1.11, 2.2.3, and 3 1 October 2009 
12 Section 2.2.1.11 20 October 2009 
13 Tulipa  schedule 18 January 2010 
14 Prunus , Solanum tuberosum , and Vaccinium macrocarpon 
schedules.  6 July 2010 
15 Allium  schedule 13 September 2010 
16 Berberis, Carpinus, Cotoneaster, Eucalyptus, Nandina, Olea, Populus, Pseudotsuga, Ulmus schedules, section 2.2.1.10 and 
section 2.2.1.11  7 June 2011 
17 Removal of the schedules for  Acca sellowiana and  Agonis, with 
incorporation under the  Metrosideros schedule. Amendment to 
the Eucalyptus and Eugenia  schedules XX 2011 
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Eucalyptus 
Note:  The entry conditions in this schedule  only apply to species in the Plants 
Biosecurity Index listed under Import Sp ecifications for Nursery Stock as “see 
155.02.06 under Eucalyptus” , and are additional to thos e specified in sections 
1, 2 and 3 of the import health standard. 
 
GENERAL CONDITIONS:
 
Approved Countries:  All 
 
Quarantine Pests:  Puccinia psidii; Chrysoporthe  cubensis;Endothia havanensis; 
Mycosphaerella parva; Phytophthora ramorum  
 
Entry Conditions: Basic;   with variations and addi tional conditions as specified 
below: 
 
 
A. For Whole Plants: 
 PEQ :   Level 3 
 Minimum Period: 6 months 
a. Conditions for Phytophthora ramorum  (section 2.2.1.10) 
 
 
B. For Tissue Cultures: 
 
Option 1:  
a. Additional declaration:  
 “Puccinia psidii is not known to occur in  (the country of origin)  ” . 
OR 
 “The tissue cultures in this consignm ent have been actively growing in 
the culture container for at least four weeks at temperatures between 15 
–  23°C (59 –  73.4°F)” . 
b. The tissue cultures are subject to examin ation at a MAF-registered laboratory 
at the importers expense, prior to release to the importer. 
 
 
Option 2:  
PEQ :   Level 2 Tissue culture laboratory 
Minimum Period : 4 weeks  
a. The cultures containers are not to be  opened during the quarantine period. 
 
 
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Eugenia 
Note: The entry conditions in this schedule on ly apply to species in the Plants 
Biosecurity Index listed under Import Speci fications for Nursery Stock as “see 
155.02.06 under Eugenia” , and are additional to those specified in sections 1, 2 and 3 
of the import health standard. 
 
GENERAL CONDITIONS :
Approved Countries:  Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, 
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Isra el, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, The 
Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sw eden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. 
 
Quarantine Pests: Puccinia psidii ; Xylella fastidiosa 
 
Entry Conditions: 
Basic; with variations and additional conditions as specified below: 
 
A. For Whole Plants:  
 
Option 1:  
PEQ :   Level 2 
Minimum Period : 6 months  
a. Conditions for Xylella fastidiosa  (see section 2.2.1.11) 
b. Additional declaration: " Puccinia psidii is not known to occur in  (the country of 
origin)". 
 
Option 2:  
PEQ :   Level 3  
Minimum Period : 6 months 
a. Conditions for Xylella fastidiosa  (see section 2.2.1.11) 
 
 
B. For Tissue Cultures: 
 
Option 1:  
a. Additional declaration:  
 “Puccinia psidii is not known to occur in  (the country of origin)  ” . 
OR 
 “The tissue cultures in this consignm ent have been actively growing in 
the culture container for at least four weeks at temperatures between 15 
–  23°C (59 –  73.4°F)” . 
 
Option 2:  
PEQ :   Level 2 Tissue culture laboratory 
Minimum Period : 4 weeks  
a. The cultures containers are not to be  opened during the quarantine period. 
 
 
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Metrosideros 
Note:  The entry conditions in this schedule  only apply to species in the Plants 
Biosecurity Index listed under Import Sp ecifications for Nursery Stock as “see 
155.02.06 under Metrosideros ”, and are additional to those specified in 
sections 1, 2 and 3 of the import health standard. 
 
GENERAL CONDITIONS:
 
Approved Countries :  All 
 
Quarantine Pests : Puccinia psidii  
 
Entry Conditions :  
Basic;  with variations and additional conditions as specified below: 
 
A. For Whole Plants: 
 
Option 1:  
PEQ :   Level 2 
Minimum Period : 6 months  
a. Additional declaration: " Puccinia psidii is not known to occur in  (the country of 
origin)". 
 
Option 2:  
PEQ :   Level 3  
Minimum Period : 6 months 
 
 
B. For Tissue Cultures: 
 
Option 1:  
a. Additional declaration:  
 “Puccinia psidii is not known to occur in  (the country of origin)  ” . 
OR 
 “The tissue cultures in this consignm ent have been actively growing in 
the culture container for at least four weeks at temperatures between 15 
–  23°C (59 –  73.4°F)” . 
 
Option 2:  
PEQ :   Level 2 Tissue culture laboratory 
Minimum Period : 4 weeks  
a. The cultures containers are not to be  opened during the quarantine period. 
 
 
 
 
 
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