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Border security

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Border security aims to protect New Zealand and its economy from pests. Watch Holly, a detector dog at Auckland airport, on her last day of work, in July 2002.

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Eric Pawson, Economy and the environment – Regulating economy and environment, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/21663/border-security (accessed 14 June 2026).

Story by Eric Pawson, published 26 February 2010.