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CampsG OP t1_jc7h6co wrote

Reply to comment by cote112 in I stumbled out of the forest into a prehistoric wonderland. Mt Aspiring National Park, NZ [OC][1500x2250] by CampsG

Luckily there are no ticks in New Zealand!

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Prophecy_X3 t1_jc96b2k wrote

New Zealand has ticks. They generally don't carry diseases that can be transmitted to humans which is nice

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diablosinmusica t1_jc822lw wrote

And there are no cats in America

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gregorydgraham t1_jccajxa wrote

You are correct: there ticks in New Zealand

Ministry of Health information -

New Zealand has endemic ticks (i.e., they occur here and nowhere else in the world). These species are host-specific and infest mainly birds. Endemic New Zealand ticks generally do not transmit diseases to humans.

There is also an introduced species of tick in New Zealand – the brown cattle tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis), which can infest warm-blooded mammals (such as cattle or humans). In some parts of the world the cattle tick is known as vector of animal and human diseases, such as tick borne fever, Japanese (Oriental) spotted fever, Russian spring-summer encephalitis. However, these diseases are not present in New Zealand.

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