Why Aucklanders need to be on the lookout for hornets

From Afternoons, 1:18 pm on 24 October 2025

Now to news coming out of Auckland -Biosecurity NZ is urging people to be on the lookout for yellow legged hornets. 

Why you might ask? Well, for the first time, a yellow legged hornet queen has been discovered building a nest at a house in the suburb of Glenfield.

To find out why this is concerning, and what to do if you spot one, Jesse is joined by Lloyd Carpenter a.k.a The Waspman.

Vespa velutina nigrithorax, the Asian hornet, originates from Southeast Asia and is an invader wasp that has appeared in Europe in France, Spain and Portugal. Further invasions are expected in other countries of Europe

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