Official updates
What Biosecurity New Zealand and the Department of Conservation have published about the outbreak, newest first. Every line links straight to the release, so you read it in their words rather than ours.
- Poultry sector gets stronger biosecurity backing to fight bird fluNew Zealand Government
- Biosecurity New Zealand bird flu update – 22 July 2026Biosecurity New Zealand
- Biosecurity New Zealand bird flu update – 20 July 2026Biosecurity New Zealand
- Biosecurity New Zealand bird flu update – 19 July 2026Biosecurity New Zealand
- DOC on high alert after second H5 bird flu caseDepartment of Conservation
- Bird flu work steps up – second case confirmedNew Zealand Government
- Biosecurity New Zealand bird flu update – 16 July 2026Biosecurity New Zealand
- DOC on alert after H5 bird flu detectionDepartment of Conservation
- H5 bird flu confirmed in New ZealandNew Zealand Government
Checked against their pages on . This list is kept by hand and is not a feed, so a release published since then may not be here yet. Biosecurity New Zealand's own bird flu page is always the current position.