Plant Pass is about producing thriving plants through proactive biosecurity
Plant Pass Protects
Plant producers have a vital role to play in protecting their plants, their customers and Aotearoa’s economy and environments from the spread of pests and pathogens.
Plant Pass is a voluntary certification scheme that promotes and supports good biosecurity practice in the nursery and its supply chain.
Help protect Aotearoa: if you are a plant producer or nursery owner join the 70+ trusted Plant Pass producers and register your interest today.
Read the inaugural Plant Pass Annual Report to find out all about our activities in 2022 and 2023.
Watch the introductory Plant Pass video
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What is Plant Pass?
Plant Pass is a systematic approach to biosecurity risk management in nurseries. It is a voluntary certification scheme that enables plant producers to protect their plants, their customers and Aotearoa’s environment, economy and way of life.
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Why do we need Plant Pass?
Plant producers operate in an environment that is exposed to significant and continual pest and disease threats. Spread of these threats could devastate our domestic or export trade. Plant Pass puts in place preventative biosecurity measures.
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How does Plant Pass work?
Plant Pass is a single system recognising and managing the complexity and diversity among plant producers. It provides a framework for end-to-end risk management.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Plant Pass is for plant producers and plant buyers.
For plant producers, we provide a framework that helps support and improve your biosecurity and risk management practices.
For plant buyers, we provide a guarantee that plants have been raised in conditions that minimise the likelihood of the spread of plant pests.
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Plant Pass assesses risks that are common across nurseries and provides guidance around the measures that must be taken in order to maintain healthy plants.
This includes, training, hygiene, crop protection, monitoring and traceability.
We accommodate all plant producers. Whether you are a big organisation, or small, commercial or community, iwi or container or even inground we can adapt to suit your needs!
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There is no set time frame between being registered and being certified. For well-equipped producers, certification might take a few months, while others might take a year or so. But throughout the certification process, improved systems will protect the livelihoods of producers’, their plants, customers and receiving environments.
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Plant producers often operate in environments where they are exposed to significant and continual pest threats, from established and new incursions.
Some new legislation, such as the Biosecurity (National PA Pest Management Plan) on kauri dieback disease, require plant producers to show proof that they practice good biosecurity.
Plant Pass provides a one stop shop for biosecurity risk management. It is an established Operational Agreement (OA) under GIA, the Government Industry Agreement for Biosecurity Readiness and Response framework.
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If your nursery is Plant Pass certified, then you’ll have a readiness and response plan in place.
The response steps to a suspected incursion by an exotic pest or disease are:
Report the incursion to MPI on the free hotline 0800 80 99 66 or use the online report form.
Photograph the pest or disease. Catch the pest if possible. Photography tips are here.
Contact the Plant Pass team on office@plantpass.org.nz and we will provide you with additional support.
There are many incursion resources on the on the MPI website.