History
The company was established as a Crown-owned company in 1991 under its own legislation but became a state-owned enterprise in January 2005. It was formed from the business originally started in the 1950s by the (then) Ministry of Agriculture and the New Zealand Forest Service, mixing toxins and later manufacturing finished bait products.
It operates under the State Owned Enterprises Act 1986.
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