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Quick trip to NZ for container snail

Wednesday 10 August 2016 | Published in Local

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Quick trip to NZ for container snail
MoA's entomologist Dr Maja Poeschko shows the snail found in the recent container shipment and the bottled specimens discovered over the years. At the back is Biosecurity Services director Ngatoko Ta Ngatoko. 16080536

Biosecurity Service Cook Islands will be sending a specimen to Auckland, New Zealand together with a non-compliance report after finding a snail in a recent shipment of containers to the Cook Islands.

Biosecurity Service Cook Islands will be sending a specimen to Auckland, New Zealand together with a non-compliance report after finding a snail in a recent shipment of containers to the Cook Islands.


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