This week the Department of Conservation has admitted that 50% (six out of 12) monitored kea died following a 1080 poison drop in the Matukituki Valley, near Wanaka. We dont know how many unmonitored kea died but must assume 50% of those too. https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/six-kea-found-dead-near-wanaka-following-1080-drop This follows a series of cases where our iconic and endangered…
Category: Official Information Requests
Official Information Act requsts
Poisoned tuatara, cockroaches and what else?
The first tuatara was poisoned with brodifacoum at Natureland zoo in August 2017 around the time when the Brook community was in court trying to stop the poisoning of the Brook Sanctuary. I’ve recently obtained OIA information from DoC which shows they knew about the wide array of wildlife and insects which are susceptible to…
Another 49 dead cows ….
We are still waiting for the EPA’s “independent” inquiry into the eight cows and three stillborn calves that were poisoned with 1080 by DoC at Mapara last year. Their draft report was due a month ago but it was recently postponed indefinitely by the EPA. Meanwhile there continue to be more suspicious deaths of cows….
EPA delegating to DoC to issue HSNO Act s95A permissions to itself
From: D Parker (MIN) Sent: Tuesday, 6 August 2019 3:56 PM To: ‘Sue Grey’ Subject: RE: Letter from Minister Parker regarding your OIA request Dear Sue Grey I refer to your Official Information Act included below this email. We have transferred your request to the EPA. The information to which your request relates is believed…
Is DoC Poisoning Takahe, Takahe food and other wildlife in Kahurangi National Park?
Dear Lou and Martin I note that DoC released Takahe in Kahurangi National Park last year. https://www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-releases/2018/wild-takahe-return-to-kahurangi/ https://www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-releases/2018/kahurangi-gets-takahe-tick-with-first-eggs-found/ Please can you urgently advise what steps have been taken by or on behalf of DoC to assess the risk to Takahe of using 1080 poison baits and/or to to protect Takahe and Tahake food and habitat…
Summary Of Poison Events In NZ
Poison Register Working Document Go to Drive Poison Register Working Document COPYRIGHT MATERIAL. WORKING DOCUMENT. Intellectual Property of Clean Green New Zealand Trust, Reg Charity no: CC54185. Collated by Dr Ursula Edgington, Michelle Terry, Clyde & Steve Graf, Kathy White and Sue Grey LLB (Hons), BSc, RSHDipPHI & other citizens as a gift to the…
OIA To Finance Minister
Dear MinisterPlease could you provide information held by you, your advisors, and/or Treasury to show: A) what information was provided to you and/or to treasury by or on behalf of DoC in support of the allocation of extra funds this year for (i) aerially poisoning much of New Zealand and (ii) providing extra security for…