Who pays the varroa bill?

Now that it looks almost certain that varroa is in South Island, New Zealand, the question of who pays the bill to manage the situation is coming to the fore. Because there is no pest management strategy yet in place (the current ministerial enquiry is expected to produce that), both of the main beekeeping groups say that the government should foot the bill if an eradication strategy is attempted. But surely they won't attempt an eradication strategy?