All the colours of life — registered trademark of BLOOMZ New Zealand Ltd

A facilitated gateway for plant genetics

— plant import, post-entry quarantine, tissue culture, plant export and plant variety rights.

Run as one integrated service from Tauranga, New Zealand.

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Plant importPlant variety rightsPost-entry quarantineTissue culturePlant export

PLANT GENETICS GATEWAYWhat comes through
BLOOMZ / NZ
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Tissue culture, BLOOMZ laboratory

The crops

Pipfruit, stonefruit, grapes, berries and citrus — the core import programme. Plus other genetics and ornamentals, case by case.

The core genera in full

From a single cactus plant to a state-owned enterprise’s new-variety budwood. Same process, scaled to the job.

PROGRAMMEImport · PEQ · TC · IP · Export

75–80%

Most new varieties in the high value crops now come from offshore, and the logistics and complexity of getting them here is beyond what most companies want to handle in house. That’s the job.

Import, export and intellectual property protection.

BLOOMZ has close linkages with leading horticultural companies around the world. Call us to get help with cross border transfer of plant genetics, IP protection and plant propagation.

Air freight being loaded beside a cargo aircraft

01 · IMPORT & EXPORT

Import & Export

Feasibility advice, permits, logistics and phytosanitary work, then government-accredited post-entry quarantine with testing and diagnostics.

Import & Export
A flowering plant in the BLOOMZ breeding programme

02 · PROTECT

Intellectual property

Plant Variety Rights, Plant Breeders’ Rights, US plant patents and DUS testing — filed and maintained. BLOOMZ acts as your New Zealand agent.

Intellectual property

The Science of Breeding Colour.

BLOOMZ has considerable hands on experience with plant breeding, TC and intellectual property on a global scale and consult to clients worldwide.

Quarantine & IP Services

Global Intellectual
Property protection

BLOOMZ assists with the filing, administration and maintenance of global Intellectual Property protection for the world’s leading plant genetics to ensure that the breeder and growers investment is protected.

Sourcing, accessing, moving,
propagating and protecting.

We handle high health development programmes (including ‘true to typing’), tissue culture (TC) initiation & multiplication, and by contract, ongoing propagation and associated IP services.

  1. 01

    Sourcing

    Initial advice.

  2. 02

    Accessing

    Application for permits.

  3. 03

    Moving

    Logistics, phytosanitary matters and plant testing and diagnostics.

  4. 04

    Propagating

    Tissue culture initiation, multiplication and transfer.

  5. 05

    Protecting

    Filing, administration and maintenance of global Intellectual Property protection.

Import & Quarantine

Meeting each other’s expectations.

We operate a team approach here at BLOOMZ with various specialists available to help you with our services.

Direct

Rapid communication

Email and WhatsApp, fast responses.

Monthly

Reports during quarantine

Full transparency throughout.

References

Available on request

So a prospect can verify independently.

Louisa van den Berg

Louisa van den Berg

Business Development Manager · Qualified Person for IP Australia test of tests

louisa@bloomz.co.nz+64 21 506 023
Meet the Team at BLOOMZ

Import, quarantine and variety protection put BLOOMZ in daily contact with the bodies that govern plant movement into and out of New Zealand — the biosecurity regulator, the inspection agencies, the research institutes and the market-access councils.

BLOOMZ’s own accreditations

We work regularly with

Make an enquiry.

Call us to get help with cross border transfer of plant genetics, IP protection and plant propagation.

Make an enquiry