Our ref:
18-E-1075
File ref:
DOC-5696202
8 February 2019
Wendy Pond
[FYI request #9284 email]
Dear Wendy
OFFICIAL INFORMATION REQUEST
Thank you for your request to the Department of Conservation, dated 19 December 2018 made
under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
You have asked:
“…Please provide me with copies of the material supplied to the Public Health Officer in
evidence of compliance with the Guideline”
The following documents fall within the scope of your request and are attached:
Item Document description
Decision
1
Application for a Permission for the Use of Vertebrate Toxic Released in part
Agent(s) – Papakai Aerial 1080 Operation 2017
2
Application for a Permission for the Use of Vertebrate Toxic Released in part
Agent(s) – Moehau Aerial 1080 Operation 2017
We have released the relevant parts of the documents listed above, subject to information being
withheld under one or more of the following sections of the Official
Information Act, as applicable:
• Personal information, under section 9(2)(a) – to protect the privacy of natural persons,
• Employee and contractor’s details, under section 9(2)(g) –to protect from improper
pressure or harassment.
In response to your other queries, this operation was an aerial drop and therefore there were no
alternative options on offer. Additionally, the Communications Guideline for 1080 Operations
was followed in regard to the operations.
You are entitled to seek an investigation and review of my decision by writing to an Ombudsman
as provided by section 28(3) of the Act.
Yours sincerely
David Speirs
Director, Operations
Hauraki Waikato Taranaki Region
Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai
Kirikiriroa / Hamilton Office
Private Bag 3072, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand
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