Official Information Act responses 2018
View some of the 2018 Official Information Act (OIA) responses from DOC.

Tahr control

Predator control programme

Note: DOC's National Predator Control Programme was previously called Battle for our Birds.

DOC delivers the Battle for our Birds predator control programme over about 800,000 ha of conservation land to protect our most at-risk populations of vulnerable native species. The public has a high level of interest in ensuring that pest control techniques are used in an appropriate manner that does not put New Zealanders or their environments at risk.

DOC takes a fully open and transparent approach to its work. We regularly publish updates, open data, live maps and reviews of our pest control work. This includes:

Issue: 2008 report: Parakeet nesting success with and without predator control in the Hurunui Valley
Date: December 2018
Reference number: 18-E-0976
Response (PDF, 127K)
Attachment (PDF, 805K)

Issue: Effects of 1080 on nesting and fertility of birds
Date: December 2018
Reference number: 18-E-1062
Response (PDF, 200K)

Issue: Planned 1080 drops
Date: November 2018
Reference number: 18-E-0797
Response (PDF, 112K)

Issue: Kea deaths related to 1080 operations
Date: November 2018
Reference number: 18-E-0951
Response (PDF, 84K)

Issue: Innes JG, Williams (1991) study: The impact of 1080 poisoning on ship-rat populations at Marapara and Kaharoa
Date: November 2018
Reference number: 18-E-0937
Response (PDF, 156K)
Attachment (PDF, 631K)

Issue: Areas where 1080 and other toxins have been applied, exact dates.
Date: August 2018
Reference number: OIA 18-E-0462
Response (PDF, 36K)

Issue: Last 3–5 years of 1080 operations.
Date: June 2018
Reference number: OIA 18-E-0220
Response (PDF, 25K)
Attachments:
Map 2014–15 (PDF, 4,521K)
Map 2015–16 (PDF, 4,054K)
Map 2016–17 (PDF, 4,231K)
Map 2017–18 (PDF, 4,141K)

Issue: Cost breakdowns for many aspects of pest control.
Date: June 2018
Reference number: OIA 18-E-0216
Response (PDF, 49K)
Attachments:
Pesticide operation costs (PDF 4,219K)
Costs per hectare (PDF, 647K)

Issue: Annual operating funding for 1080 over the last 10 years. Areas 1080 has been applied last 10 years. 
Date: June 2018
Reference number: OIA 18-E-0227
Response (PDF, 106K)

DOC expenditure

Issue: DOC Koru Club memberships
Date: December 2018
Reference number: 18-E-0982
Response letter (PDF, 98K)

Issue: Cost of helicopter charter
Reference number: OIA 18-E-0132
Date: April 2018
Response letter (PDF, 63K)

Health and safety

Issue: Threats to staff
Reference number: OIA 18-E-0607
Response letter (PDF, 146K)

Issue: Threats to staff
Date: March 2018
Reference number: OIA 18-E-0113
Response letter (PDF, 28K)

Native birds

Issue: Kiwi numbers at Pukaha Mt Bruce
Date: November 2018
Reference number: 18-E-0926
Response letter (PDF, 167K)

Issue: Kiwi killed by dogs close to the roadside (Bay of Islands)
Reference number: 18-E-0602
Response letter (PDF, 66K)

Issue: Figures and causes of kiwi deaths in Northland
Reference number: 18-E-0636
Response letter (PDF, 101K)

Issue: Effects on birds if Old Ghost Road visitor facilities are expanded 
Reference number: 18-E-0726
Response letter (PDF, 131K)

Issue: Population change for North Island Brown Kiwi 1990–2018
Reference number: 18-E-0778
Response letter (PDF, 107K)

Issue: Kiwi killed by dogs
Reference number: 18-E-0516
Response letter (PDF, 132K)
Attachment (PDF, 140K)

Issue: Review of kiwi handling
Date: February 2018
Reference number: OIA 18-E-0042
Response letter (PDF 162K)
Documents:

Threatened species

Issue: Shellfish taken from marine reserves, Auckland
Date: December 2018
Reference number: 18-E-0953
Response letter (PDF, 163K)

Issue: 4,000 threatened species
Date: November 2018
Reference number: 18-E-0904
Response letter (PDF, 102K)

Issue: Threatened species algorithm
Date: May 2018
Reference number: OIA 18-E-0189
Response letter (PDF, 140K)
Data spreadsheet (XLSX, 116K)

Community engagement

Issue: Barriers to public engagement in conservation (Northland)
Reference number: 18-E-0500
Response letter (PDF, 115K)
Attachment (PDF, 2,975K)