Dear Sarah

 

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Yours sincerely

Gabrielle Muir

Government Services

for Director-General

 

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From: Sarahdotc <[FOI #11693 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 20 November 2019 2:48 p.m.
To: OIA <[DOC request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Carcasses on SI Beach

 

Dear Department of Conservation,

 

Please provide the following in relation to the samples taken from
carcasses from the SI beach recently:

 

1. All test results for all samples taken - all agencies and results as
sent to DOC prior to press release 20/11/19

 

2.  Methods used for testing

 

3.  Sample types (eg muscle, bone etc)

 

4. Requested tests from DOC to the laboratories conducted on the carcasses

 

5.  Storage and or transport of the carcasses between the beach area and
the laboratories- please note of frozen, chilled etc.

 

5.  Any Correspondence relating to the press release between DOC and the
media relating to the deaths 

 

6. Any correspondence relating to the apparent ‘suicide’ and or the
‘floods’ that supposedly caused the deaths and the methods of their
decline.

 

7.  Please also provide correspondence/phone calls etc relating to the 600
odd carcasses between DOC staff and between DOC staff and the laboratories
concerned between 1/11/19 to 20/11/19.

 

Many thanks

 

S Carter

 

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Dear Ms Carter

 

Please find attached correspondence relating to your requests of 20 and 21
November 2019.

 

Kind regards

Department of Conservation

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Dear Ms Carter,

 

Please find attached our response to your requests of 20 and 21 November
2019.

 

Kind regards

Department of Conservation

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