A second kiwifruit orchard has been medicated and isolated in Bay of Plenty due to the potentially destructive vine disease PSA. Both orchards are in Te Puke, and in both of them the gold kiwifruit are affected.

Agriculture Minister David Carter, who will shortly be meeting with the farmers and other industry representatives in Bay of Plenty on Wednesday, as reported by the sources of the Parliament on Tuesday that the Government is considering this to be a grave situation and shall put in efforts to lower all trade restrictions by keeping trading partners informed of developments.

Mr Carter, who is also Biosecurity Minister, states that the best possible people are working 24x7 to manage the threat to one of New Zealand's crucial primary firms.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) explains that it working hard to root out the issue. It is responsible for the damage of millions of dollars' in Italy and affected orchards in Japan, South Korea, Portugal and Iran.

MAF biosecurity response manager David Yard stated Nine to Noon that the ministry is "really struggling" to figure out the main reason behind the disease and how it got into the country for the first time.

Mr Yard says, "It's never good news for containment once you've isolated a disease. But we are putting all our scientists' capability into attempting to trace the pathway that this organism's actually entered New Zealand. PSA (pseudomonas syringae pv actinidiae) causes vines to ooze brown liquid and rot from within, while their leaves shrivel and their flowers brown and wither."

Zespri chief executive Lain Jager told Morning Report that the strain must be identified, because the strain is more virulent than others, with varying reactions coming from each nation.