Ministry for Primary Industries
MPI
New Zealand’s national ministry for the primary industries, covering agriculture together with its associated business units. Its official site publishes biosecurity requirements for bringing goods and animals into New Zealand and for sending them out.
- Jurisdiction
- New Zealand
- Government level
- National
- Authority type
- Ministry
- Status
- Active
Visit the official websitehttps://www.mpi.govt.nz/
Official name in local language
- en Ministry for Primary Industries
Responsibilities
Each item below is recorded from the authority’s own published material, not inferred from its name.
- Import export certificationStatutory
Publishes the requirements for bringing or sending items and animals into and out of New Zealand as a primary public-facing service.
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), New Zealand
- Animal healthStatutory
Publishes biosecurity requirements governing the movement of animals across the New Zealand border.
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), New Zealand
Why this body is recorded
Official name of the body responsible in New Zealand.
- Official source
- Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), New ZealandMinistry for Primary Industries (MPI), New Zealand
- Source page
- https://www.mpi.govt.nz/
- What the source says
- “Ministry for Primary Industries”(official name)
- Standing
- Verified against the sourcelast verified 2026-08-19
- MPI covers primary industries as a whole, including fisheries and forestry; this record does not separate the agricultural share of its statutory powers.
Evidence shows what an official source published and what AgricultureID made of it. The two are always shown separately: quoted text is the source’s own, and a normalised value is AgricultureID’s vocabulary, not a quotation.
Sources and verification
Official site loaded in a real browser on 2026-08-19; it resolved with HTTP 200 under the title “Ministry for Primary Industries | NZ Government”.
Verified 2026-08-19 against https://www.mpi.govt.nz/ · domain classification: Verified official
Important limitations
- MPI covers primary industries as a whole, including fisheries and forestry; this record does not separate the agricultural share of its statutory powers.