http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/298225/zika-could-be-carried-by-nz-mosquito
A New Zealand mosquito species could carry the zika virus according to preliminary Brazilian research.
Brazilian scientists have found one of the 15 species in this country can be infected with the virus in the laboratory.
More studies were being done to find out whether the mosquitoes could transmit zika in the wild.
Auckland University researcher José Derraik said even though the risk of mosquitoes transmitting viruses to humans in New Zealand was very low, it could not be disregarded.