Official Information Act responses

Great Walks

Issue: Approval on the suitability of Cape Kidnappers Walking Track as a Great Walk
Date: February 2019
Ref: OIA 19-E-0045
Reponse letter 1 (PDF, 316K)

• Attachment 1: Risk assessment for Cape Kidnappers Walking Track (PDF, 720K)
• Attachment 2: Memo to Operations Manager, etc (PDF, 6,259K)

Issue: Communications about the safety of Cape Kidnappers Walking Track
Date: February 2019
Ref: OIA 19-E-0048
Reponse letter 2 (PDF, 2,179K)

• Attachment 1: Risk assessment for Cape Kidnappers Walking Track (PDF, 720K)
• Attachment 2: Memo to Operations Manager, etc (PDF, 2,179K)

Predator control and 1080

Get information about 1080.

What is 1080?

Issue: 1080 ingredients, authorisation of use, costs of operations and safe use
Date: April 2019
Ref: 19-E-0154
Response letter (PDF, 209K)

Issue: 1080 ingredients, quality control, and biosecurity concerns
Date: April 2019
Ref: 19-E-0198
Response letter (PDF, 132)

Insects and 1080

Issue: Effects of 1080 on invertebrates
Date: April 2019
Ref: 19-E-0156
Response letter (PDF, 1186KB)

The science behind 1080

Issue: Biosecurity risk from using cereal 1080 in baits
Date: February 2019
Ref: 19-E-0026
Response letter (PDF, 146K)

Issue: Biodegradability of 1080 /Fluorocitrate testing
Date: February 2019
Ref: 19-E-0071
Response letter (PDF, 204K)

Issue: 1080 research, samples of 1080 in animals, and health and safety
Date: April 2019
Ref: 19-E-0153
Response letter (PDF, 147K)

Issue: Taking samples for testing and laboratory methods for 1080 residues in animals
Date: May 2019
Ref: 19-E-0200
Response letter (PDF, 108KB)

Water and 1080

Issue: Water safety and monitoring the contamination risk
Date: January 2019
Ref: 18-E-1068
Response letter (PDF, 130K)

Issue: Impact of 1080 on coastal and estuary environments in the Bay of Islands
Date: February 2019
Ref: 19-E-0005
Response letter (PDF, 279K)

• Attachment  1: Assessment of environmental effects (PDF, 1,194K)

Birds and 1080

Issue: 1080 Kākāriki testing
Date: January 2019
Ref: 18-E-1060
Response letter (PDF, 154K)

• Attachment 1:  Parakeet nesting success with and without predator control in the Hurunui Valley report (PDF, 657K)

Issue: Kokako, kākā, kiwi and kea fertility and re-nesting
Date: January 2019
Ref: 18-E-1062
Response letter (PDF, 199K)

Issue: Kea and 1080
Date: March 2019
Ref: 19-E-0099
Response letter (PDF, 198K)

Predator populations and monitoring

Issue: Mega masts, seed explosions and increase in rodent populations
Date: May 2019
Ref: 19-E-0251
Response letter (PDF, 203KB)

• Attachment 1: Briefing: Landscape scale pest control and response to beech mast
• Attachment 2: Cabinet paper Beech mast funding
• Attachment 3: Briefing: Battle for our Birds
• Attachment 4: Aide-Memoire: Information on the successes of BofB
• Attachment 5: Elliott, G. and Kemp, J. (2016), Large‐scale pest control in New Zealand beech forests. Ecol Manag Restor, 17: 200-209. doi:10.1111/emr.12227

Alternatives to 1080

Issue: Cost of looking for alternatives
Date: Feb 2019
Ref: 19-E-0051
Response letter (PDF, 329K)

Compensation

Issue: Compensation payments for death of livestock
Date: May 2019
Ref: 19-E-0210
Response letter (PDF, 328KB)