Official Information Act responses 2019

Native plants

Kauri dieback

Issue: Upgrading and opening of tracks
Date: 13 December 2019
Ref: 19-E-0802

Response letter 1 (PDF, 292K)

Cape Kidnappers Walking Track

Issue: Approval on the suitability of Cape Kidnappers Walking Track as a Great Walk
Date: February 2019
Ref: OIA 19-E-0045
Response 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
Response 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

Responses to OIA requests on 1080 from 2017 and 2018 can also be found below.

Operations

Issue: Pirongia Forest Park
Date: October 2019
Ref: 19-E-0625
Response letter (PDF, 1,431K)

Issue: Clarence and Molesworth
Date: August 2019
Ref: 19-E-0569
Response letter (PDF, 9,215K)

Issue: Hunua Ranges
Date: August 2019
Ref: 19-E-0533
Response letter (PDF, 5,644K)

Issue: Fiordland
Date: August 2019
Ref: 19-E-0511
Response letter 1: Possum monitoring data (PDF, 152K)
Response letter 2: (PDF, 703K)

• Attachment: Summary of beech, rimu and tussock sampling, and summaries of rat, mouse and stoat monitoring data (PDF, 5,201K)

Issue: Milford Sounds
Date: August 2019
Ref: 19-E-0487
Response letter (PDF, 252K)

• Attachment: Permissions documents, Water quality monitoring report and Annual Report for Cleddau (PDF, 5,742K)

Issue: Kahurangi National Park
Date: August 2019
Ref: 19-E-0503
Response letter (PDF, 3,192K)

Proactively released documents about predator control operations

Issue: Dead rats and one weka that washed up on North Beach, Westport, 9–11 November 2019.
Date: 20 November 2019

Maanaki Whenua Landcare Research toxicology reports and Massey University School of Veterinary Science pathology reports:

• Rats toxicology results (PDF, 476K)
• Pathology report – rats (PDF, 526K)
• Pathology report – weka (PDF, 466K)

Issue: Perth Valley – Zero Introduced Predators Ltd 2019 operation
Date: 4 November 2019

Issue: Te Maruia 2019 operation
Date: 15 October 2019

• Memo 6 September 2019: New permissions to replace permission 5957031 – Te Maruia rat control operation 2019 (PDF, 1,145K)
• Te Maruia permission letter 6 September 2019 (PDF, 12,186K)
• Application form for rat control in Te Maruia August 2019 (PDF, 2,894K)
• Application for DOC permission to use VTAs: assessment report (PDF, 2,422K)

Issue: Arthur’s Pass National Park 2019 operation
Date: 26 September 2019

• Memo 15 July 2019: Arthur’s Pass area – Rodent control operation 2019 (PDF, 478K)
• Memo 22 August 2019: Arthur's Pass rodent control operation 2019 (PDF, 1,431K)
• Arthur’s Pass permission letter 22 August 2019 (PDF, 16,592K)
• Application form for rat control in the Arthur’s Pass area May 2019 (PDF, 4,038K)
• Application for DOC permission to use VTAs: assessment report Arthur’s Pass 2019 (PDF, 1,357K)
• Arthur's Pass consultation 2018–19 (PDF, 6,672K)

Issue: Abel Tasman National Park 2019 operation
Date: 18 September 2019

• Abel Tasman permission letter 7 May 2019 (PDF, 6,056K)
• Application for use of pesticide for rodent control in the Southern Abel Tasman National Park, May 2019 (PDF, 6,510K)
• Application for DOC permission to use VTAs: assessment report Abel Tasman 2019 (PDF, 1,497K)
• Abel Tasman consultation 2018–19 (PDF, 1,480K)

Issue: Kahurangi National Park 2019 operation
Date: 18 September 2019

• Memo 16 July 2019: Kahurangi – Possum, rat and stoat control operation 2019 (PDF, 2,697K)
• Memo 16 August 2019: Kahurangi possum, rat and stoat control operation 2019 (PDF, 1,742K)
• Kahurangi permission letter 19 August 2019 (PDF, 4,590K)
• Application for DOC consent, Kahurangi April 2019 (PDF, 2,123K)
• Application for DOC permission to use VTAs: assessment report Kahurangi 2019 (PDF, 1,467K)
• Kahurangi consultation 2018–19 (PDF, 4,753K)

Note: There is a typing error in the document "Memo: Kahurangi – Possum, rat and stoat control operation 2019", at paragraph 2 on page 1. Permission 5919096 was issued to Vector Free Marlborough Limited on 23 April 2019, and not 23 February 2019 as noted in that memo.

Supreme Court shark cage diving decision

Issue: Response to claims the Supreme Court shark cage diving decision impacts on 1080
Date: 23 October 2019
Ref: n/a
Response letter (PDF, 139K)

Kea monitoring results

Issue: Kea monitoring results, Okarito (2011)
Date: August 2019
Ref: 19-E-0368
Response letter and photos (PDF, 927K)

Predators and evidence of predation

Issue: Estimates of bird deaths from predators, photos of predation and threats by protesters
Date: January 2019
Ref: 18-E-1039
Response letter (PDF, 181K)

• Attachment 1: Vertebrate Pesticides Residue Database SOP (PDF, 1,861K)

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, 132K)

Insects and 1080

Issue: Effects of 1080 on invertebrates
Date: April 2019
Ref: 19-E-0156
Response letter (PDF, 1,186K)

Issue: Bees, pesticide and 1080
Date: August 2019
Ref: 19-E-0439
Response letter (PDF, 59K)

• Attachment 1: Pesticide review and toxicology reports (PDF, 1,976K)

The science behind 1080

Issue: Scientific reviews
Date: August 2018
Ref: 18-E-0492
Response letter (PDF, 217K)

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: 1080 degrades in water and soil
Date: November 2019
Ref: 19-E-0707
Response letter (PDF, 253K)

Issue: Breakdown of 1080 in water
Date: August 2019
Ref: 19-E-0468
Response letter (PDF, 188K)

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)

Health and 1080

Issue: Health effect of contact with 1080
Date: July 2019
Ref: 19-E-0446
Response letter (PDF, 703K)

• Attachment: Standard Operating Procedure: Safe handling of pesticides (PDF, 881K)

Birds and 1080

Issue: Samples from whio tissue and the Vertebrate Pesticide Residues database
Date: September 2019
Ref: 19-E-0604
Response letter (PDF, 73K)

Issue: Kiwi monitoring and conservation
Date: August 2019
Ref: 19-E-0470
Response letter (PDF, 145K)

Issue: Doubling birdsong in Landsborough Valley
Date: August 2019
Ref: 19-E-0448
Response letter (PDF, 247K)

Issue: Kea Pathology reports
Date: July 2019
Ref: 19-E-0435
Response letter (PDF, 255K)

• Attachment 1: Pathology report for female kea (PDF, 455K)
• Attachment 2: Toxicology laboratory analysis report (PDF, 464K)
• Attachment 3: Emails about female kea (PDF, 629K)

Issue: Kea death in Okarito
Date: July 2019
Ref: 19-E-0368
Response letter 1 (PDF, 143K)
Response letter 2 (PDF, 114K)

• Images (PDF, 927K)

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: Kiwis and 1080
Date: February 2019
Ref: 19-E-0062
Response letter (PDF, 123K)

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

Issue: Whio and 1080
Date: July 2019
Ref: 19-E-0362
Response letter (PDF, 174K)

Issue: Kea and 1080
Date: July 2019
Ref: 19-E-0365
Response letter (205K)

• Attachment 1 - Pathology report (467K)
• Attachment 2 - Pathology report (467K)

Predator populations and monitoring

Issue: Rat monitoring data
Date: July 2019
Ref: 19-E-0417
Response letter (PDF, 68K)

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

• Attachment 1: Briefing: Landscape scale pest control and response to beech mast (PDF, 803K)
• Attachment 2: Cabinet paper Beech mast funding (PDF, 582K)
• Attachment 3: Briefing: Battle for our Birds (PDF, 552K)
• Attachment 4: Aide-Memoire: Information on the successes of BofB (PDF, 611K)
• 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 (PDF, 768K)

Issue: Estimates of bird deaths from predators, photos of predation and threats by protesters
Date: January 2019
Ref: 18-E-1039
Response letter (PDF, 181K)

• Attachment 1: Vertebrate Pesticides Residue Database SOP (PDF, 1,861K)

Alternatives to 1080

Issue: Options and comparisons for trapping
Date: March 2018
Ref: 18-E-0048
Response letter (PDF, 794K)

• Attachments 1-11: Research on trapping and predator control methods (PDF, 13,542K)

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

Compensation and prosecution

Issue: Birds left on parliament steps 
Date: March 2019
Ref: 19-E-0130
Response letter (PDF, 268K)

Issue: Penalties and prosecutions for killing crayfish with toxin
Date: March 2019
Ref: 19-E-0157
Response letter (PDF, 128K)

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

Objections to 1080

Issue: Statements of objection to using 1080
Date: September 2019
Ref: 19-E-0546
Response letter (PDF, 171K)

Pest control

Plants and weeds

Issue: Marram grass and dune restoration in Mason Bay
Date: 27 September 2019
Ref: 19-E-0589
Response letter (PDF, 765K)

Deer

Issue: Release of sika deer in Taranaki Park
Date: August 2019
Ref: 19-E-0464
Response letter (PDF, 429K)

Health and safety

Issue: Health and Safety incidents
Date: November 2019
Ref: 19-E-0735
Response letter (PDF, 142K)