OIA20-0214
26 May 2020
T Austen
[FYI request #12782 email]
Dear T Austen
OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT REQUEST
Thank you for your email of 6 May 2020, requesting ‘
a copy of the draft national pest
management plan for kauri dieback and the proposed national standards for walking
tracks in kauri forests’. Your request has been considered under the Official
Information Act 1982 (OIA).
The ‘
National (Kauri Dieback) Pest Management Plan Proposal’ is available on the
Kauri Dieback website. However, before a plan can be drafted, a National (Kauri
Dieback) Pest Management Plan will require Ministerial approval of the above
proposal, including funding to implement the plan. Therefore, this part of your request
is refused pursuant to Section 18(e) of the OIA
, as the document requested does not
exist.
Further information on the National (Kauri Dieback) Pest Management Plan proposal
can be found at the following link -
https://www.kauridieback.co.nz/national-pest-
management-plan/. The draft
Track Standards are currently being reviewed by an independent panel.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) will publicly release these once the review is
concluded and the standards finalised. MPI hopes to have this process completed by
July 2020. Therefore, this part of your request is refused pursuant to Section 18(d) of
the OIA,
as the information requested will soon be publicly available.
You have the right under section 28(3) of the OIA to seek an investigation and review
by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Yours sincerely
Angela Brownie
Acting Director Readiness & Response Services
Biosecurity New Zealand
Readiness & Response Services
Charles Fergusson Building, 34-38 Bowen Street
PO Box 2526
Wellington 6140, New Zealand
biosecurity.govt.nz