It was located by tracing animal movements from other affected farms.
The property is under legal controls restricting the movement of animals and other risk goods from it.
As part of the Government and sector group programme to eradicate the disease all cattle on the farm will ultimately be culled, in agreement with the farmer concerned around timing.
This new property brings the total number of infected properties nationwide to 36.
Biosecurity NZ expects to find further infected properties as the extensive tracing of animal movements continues, it said in brief statement.
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