1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,360 Speaker 1: We've got new biosecurity measures. The idea is to protect 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:04,760 Speaker 1: the food and fiber sector. Is the food and fibersector important? 3 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: You bet? Its forecast hit sixty one billion in export 4 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:10,800 Speaker 1: revenue next year. That'll be ten percent of GDP. So 5 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: the change is, what are they doubling? Border declaration finds 6 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: to eight hundred bucks penalties of up to five hundred 7 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: thousand dollars for behavior that puts New Zealand at risk. 8 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 1: New import health standards to support innovation as well. Andrew 9 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 1: Hoggart is the Minister for Biosecurity and is with US 10 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: Morning Welling Mike the border business. How much of that's 11 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: idiots versus crooks? 12 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 2: I think most of it, or a good chunk of 13 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:37,839 Speaker 2: it's probably people who mistakenly left a sandwich in their bag. 14 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 2: That's certainly a lot of the emails I get to 15 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 2: my office pleading to be let off their four hundred 16 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 2: dollars fine, which generally gets a big no. But there's 17 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 2: a few people who just deliberately, quite frankly, They probably 18 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,279 Speaker 2: know the rules, but they decide they want their favorite 19 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 2: thing from somewhere else in the world, and they try 20 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 2: and sneak it through and that's the sort of stuff 21 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 2: that can really put our country at risk, and we 22 00:00:58,680 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 2: need to deter that. 23 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: Are we at risk and are these deterrents or as 24 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,279 Speaker 1: monitoring the real answer or more monitoring the real answer. 25 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 2: Well, look at all of the above. You know, we 26 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 2: need to do the monitoring and we need to have 27 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 2: the deterrence in place. You know, it's so critical we 28 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 2: keep diseases and pests out of this country. You know, 29 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 2: we did the work recently around what would foot and 30 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 2: mouth cost this country and absolutely huge, I think it 31 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 2: was fifteen percent of GDP, massive numbers, and you know 32 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 2: this really matters to New Zealand. We are such our 33 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 2: primary sector is so lucky that we are effectively an 34 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 2: ireland and we're able to keep out diseases and pests 35 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 2: that we just don't have to worry about other parts 36 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 2: of the world. 37 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: Do the behavior that puts New Zealand at risk? What 38 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: actually is that and how would that translate eventually to 39 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: five hundred thousand dollars? 40 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, well that would be a you know, a company 41 00:01:55,560 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 2: organization that decides it wants to break the rules and 42 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 2: bringing some new seed or plant material without going through 43 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,919 Speaker 2: the proper rules and try to sneak it in that 44 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 2: would it's always a possible threat. We do have it 45 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 2: going the other way. The infamous gold key we fruit 46 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 2: into China. That's sort of someone came here and stole 47 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 2: some stuff and sent it over there. We had a 48 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 2: prosecution I think last year where someone had deliberately brought 49 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 2: in type of grape or something to do with wineries cutting. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 50 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 2: So these things do happen, and it's you know, realiant. 51 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:37,679 Speaker 2: You know, there's a disease going through Italy at the 52 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 2: moment that's wiping out the olive trees and so that's 53 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 2: the sort of stuff that we want to keep print 54 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 2: from damaging our horticultural pastoral sectors. 55 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: Good border security. As we said here this morning, as Minister, 56 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: how confident are you that we're doing a top level, 57 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: gold standard job and we're good to go. 58 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 2: Look, I think we're doing an excellent job. I've seen 59 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 2: with some of the responses, particularly the fruit fly. I 60 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 2: was really impressed with how the team was able to 61 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 2: respond and the plans were in place and just everything 62 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 2: happened like clockwork. The third flu outbreakdown and otago last year. 63 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 2: You know, the team had everything in place over a weekend. 64 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 2: You know, most people's expectation of government departments as they 65 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 2: knock off at four o'clock on a Friday. These guys 66 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 2: worked all weekend, had everything ready to go Monday. Well, 67 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 2: you know, things were already in place on Sunday. So 68 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:35,480 Speaker 2: you know, I think they're excellently. We can always do 69 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 2: stuff better, but you know we're starting from a pretty 70 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 2: high bar. 71 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 1: How big a buzz in the community is there about 72 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: Fontira today? 73 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 2: To be honest, they haven't heard too much from other farmers. 74 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 2: I think everyone's you know, other dairy farmers I talked too. 75 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 2: They're just sort of taking it all in. Possibly I 76 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 2: already made their minds up. And yeah, not a lot 77 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 2: of chit chat. But unlike you know, the Alliance deal 78 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 2: where you had quite a bit of talk happening amongst 79 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 2: farmers that are affected there, I haven't picked up a lot. 80 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: This has got a foe gone very and all over. 81 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 2: Quite possibly, Yes, all. 82 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 1: Right, mate, nice to talk to you. Appreciate Andrew Hoggar, 83 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 1: Administer for Biosecurity Mike. Upon Tira sale, the actual return 84 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: would be very small, of any taking into account shares, 85 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: purchase payout, retentions, inflation, a lot of the investment made 86 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,480 Speaker 1: over the years was ego driven by numerous CEOs and directors. 87 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 1: I guess, but it's going to be an interesting day. Nevertheless, 88 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 1: I mean, you must not underestimate the impact of four 89 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: billion dollars to the New Zealand economy. Of course. 90 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 2: For more from the mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to 91 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 2: news talks that'd be from six am weekdays, or follow 92 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.