Kia ora Hana,

 

Thank you for your request for information about All reports from Morphum
International.

 

I have attached an information sheet on our processes and requirements
under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.

 

We will respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no
later than 20 working days after the day your request was received. This
will be by 07 Septemeber 2023.

 

If you have further questions please feel free to contact Elaine Tunai-Po
([1][email address]) on 09 301 0101, quoting
reference 8140012364.

 

 

Ngā mihi,

The Privacy and LGOIMA team

Auckland Council

 

 

 

From: Hana Blackmore <[FOI #23773 email]>
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2023 4:24 PM
To: Official Information <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - A copy of all reports from Morphum
International on methodologies for treatment of weeds in the Auckland Road
Corridor

 

 

Dear Auckland Council,

At a meeting of Auckland Council's Weed Management Political Advisory
Group on 14 June 2022 there was a presentation from Morphum International
on assessment of methodologies for treatment of weeds in the Auckland road
corridors. Would you please supply:

1. A copy of all reports from Morphum International on this subject both
before and after this date.
2. A copy of the Terms of Reference and/or scope of engagement.
3. Cost of this engagement and report(s).

Yours faithfully,

Hana Blackmore

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Kia ora Hana

 

Our response to your request for information is attached. While we have
withheld the information you requested at this time, we will reconsider
this decision should you request this document again in a few months'
time, when it is likely that all reviews and consultations on the report
have been completed.  

 

If you have any questions, please contact me at
[email address].
 

Ngā mihi

Joanne Kearney
09 977 1702 /  021 195 4837
Privacy & Official Information Team

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Kia ora Hana,

 

Thank you for your request for information about Reports from Morphum
International.

 

I have attached an information sheet on our processes and requirements
under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.

 

We will respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no
later than 20 working days after the day your request was received. This
will be by 13 September 2024.

 

If you have further questions please feel free to contact Amanda
Pillay ([1][email address]) on 09 301 0101, quoting
reference 8140014385.

 

 

Ngā mihi,

The Privacy and LGOIMA team

Auckland Council

 

 

 

 

From: Hana Blackmore <[FOI #23773 email]>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2024 11:56 AM
To: Official Information <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Official Information Response -8140012364 - All reports from
Morphum International

 

 

 

Dear Auckland Council,

Your response and denial to me on the above request was supplied on
September 7 2023.

I trust that all "reviews and consultations on this report" have now been
completed and a copy of all the requested reports can now be supplied.

Yours sincerely,

Hana Blackmore

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Kia ora Hana

Please find attached a response to your request for information.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us
again.

You have the right to complain to the Ombudsman if you believe we have not
responded appropriately to your request. Information about how to make a
complaint is available at [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800
802 602.

Ngā mihi | Kind regards,

Amanda

The Privacy & LGOIMA team

Auckland Council

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Kia ora Hana

 

Sorry for not acknowledging your email below and thank you for the
reminder. We did receive your email of 19 September, and we are discussing
your request for the unredacted report with our Parks and Community
Facilities department and will get back to you soon.

 

 

Ngā mihi

 

 

Joanne Kearney she/her
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Partner, Privacy & Official Information
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Visit our website: [1]www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

 

 

 

 

 

From: Hana Blackmore <[FOI #23773 email]>
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2024 7:15 AM
To: Official Information <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Final response - 8140014385 - Reports from Morphum
International

 

Dear Auckland Council,

I wrote to you on the 19 September 2024 requesting an unredacted copy of
the "Options Analysis Report on Weed Management in the Urban Road
Corridor" by Morphum Environmental.

I have not even received an acknowledgement of my request. Please let me
know that this request has been received and advise if you intend to
respond.

Yours sincerely,

Hana Blackmore

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Kia ora Hana

 

Sorry for not acknowledging you email below and thank you for the
reminder. We did receive your email of 19 September, and we are discussing
your request for the unredacted report with our Parks and Community
Facilities department and will get back to you soon.

 

Ngā mihi | Kind regards,

 

Amanda Pillay

Te Hoa Kaipakihi Pārongo Matatapu, Ōkawa hoki | Privacy and Official
Information Business Partner

Te Wheako ā-Kirihoko me ngā Ratonga Matihiko | Customer Experience &
Digital Services

 

From: Hana Blackmore <[1][FOI #23773 email]>
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2024 7:15 AM
To: Official Information <[2][email address]>
Subject: Re: Final response - 8140014385 - Reports from Morphum
International

 

Dear Auckland Council,

I wrote to you on the 19 September 2024 requesting an unredacted copy of
the "Options Analysis Report on Weed Management in the Urban Road
Corridor" by Morphum Environmental.

I have not even received an acknowledgement of my request. Please let me
know that this request has been received and advise if you intend to
respond.

Yours sincerely,

Hana Blackmore

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Kia ora Hana

 

Thank you for your patience as we reconsidered our decision on your
request.

 

Please find attached the report with most redactions removed. Please note
however due to the high cost of mechanical weed spraying, only one
supplier submitted a cost. We have therefore redacted the rates for
mechanical weed spraying under section 7(2)(b)(ii) Local Government
Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, namely that it would be likely
unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who
supplied or who is the subject of the information.

 

Please be advised that the rates mentioned in the two reports outlined in
your email below are older and a new set of rates have since been provided
for the purposes of this report.

 

You have the right to complain to the Ombudsman if you believe we have not
responded appropriately to your request. Information about how to make a
complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800
802 602.

 

 

Ngā mihi | Kind regards,
Amanda
The Privacy & LGOIMA team
Auckland Council

From: Hana Blackmore <[FOI #23773 email]>
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2024 6:11 PM
To: Official Information <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Final response - 8140014385 - Reports from Morphum
International

 

Dear Auckland Council,

Thank you for supplying the "Options Analysis Report on Weed Management in
the Urban Road Corridor" by Morphum Environmental.

You have redacted all costings supplied in this Report, quoting section
7(2)(b)(i ) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act
1987. I would respectfully request that you provide me with an unredacted
copy with all costings intact.

There is no good reason why the costings should not be released. Indeed,
the costings of the different options by Auckland Council was a major
reason why the Environment and Climate Change Committee rejected Council’s
recommendation of a glyphosate option to its November 2020 meeting,
together with the evidence presented at that decision making meeting that
an actual operational thermal option was indeed many thousands of dollars
cheaper.

As these detailed costings presented at this meeting by Auckland Council
are already fully in the public arena - including costings provided in a
previous review commissioned by Auckland Council from Price Waterhouse
Cooper in 2015 (cited in this Morphum Report) then concealing Council’s
latest prices in this Report is unreasonable.

Yours sincerely,

Hana Blackmore

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