There is a wealth of material available to help plant producers implement Plant Pass
Plant Pass Annual Report 2023
Inaugural Plant Pass Annual Report
Scheme documents
Sign-up to Plant Pass
Core standard and checklists for all plant producers
Hazard management checklists – the audit checklists. These provide prompts for identifying key issues.
Core standard – Plant Pass certification criteria.
Related documents
Scheme overview – the what, why and how.
Nursery production flow – how plants and risk move through a typical nursery.
Nursery manual template – useful for getting started on procedures and records manual.
Specific Modules
Myrtle Rust Specific Module
Phytophthora Specific Module - generic Phytophthora risk management for all plant producers and across all plant and Phytophthora species.
Kauri Schedule - risk management specific to Phytophthora agathidicida (kauri-dieback) and those who grow kauri.
Guidance documents
Getting started – where to start and how to make progress on getting into the Plant Pass and through to certification.
Entry checklist – 20 steps for better biosecurity management : a starting point for producers.
Plant Pass guidance toolbox – a collation of best practice and guidance to help you build your system you can work though as you build your system.
Plant Pass support materials and forms – more information, forms and templates for procedures and processes common in nurseries.
Information on Plant Pass and KPCS equivalence for nurseries growing kiwifruit, shelter trees for kiwifruit orchards, and other plant species.
Interim guidance for Plant Pass inspections - details on the audit cycle.
Other resources
MPI-approved laboratories for testing Kauri for Phytophthora agathidicida (PA)
Plant & Food Research
Attention: Ian Horner
Crosses Rd
Havelock North 4130
Email: ian.horner@plantandfood.co.nz, Phone 021 226 8170Scion Research
Attention: Kauri soils
Titokorangi Drive (Formerly Long Mile Road), Rotorua
Email: kaurisoils@scionresearch.com, Phone 07 343 5618
