Images

Somes Island quarantine station

Biosecurity poster, 1990s

Quarantine Island, Otago Harbour

The aviation age

Mediterranean fruit fly

Aircraft disinsection

Post office inspections

Timber quarantine

Shipping container inspection

International trade in endangered species

Didymo

X-rays and detector dogs

Offshore inspection

Foot-and-mouth disease
Video

Forbidden fruit! Department of Agriculture film, 1950s

Brown marmorated stink bug

The quarantine system, 1986
Interactive

Plant and animal quarantine timeline