31 January 2024
Christine Woods
By email: [FYI request #25556 email]
Tēnā koe Christine
INFORMATION REQUEST – Herbicide management We write in response to your email dated 29 January 2024 in which you requested the
following information:
Please provide copies of Council's Health and Safety Plans and Risk
Management Plans for the use of herbicides in public areas.
We have considered your request in accordance with the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 (“
LGOIMA”) and respond as follows:
Please see our Use of Toxic Agrichemicals for Vegetation Management Policy,
available on our website:
https://www.tauranga.govt.nz/Portals/0/data/council/policies/files/use_toxic_agrichem
icals_vegetation_management.pdf
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or freephone 0800 802 602.
We may publish this response on our website as your request may be of interest to others.
All personal information will be removed and only the question and answers will be seen.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact the writer.
Ngā mihi
Kath Norris
Team Leader
Democracy Services
Tauranga City Council Private Bag 12022, Tauranga 3143, New Zealand +64 7 577 7000
[Tauranga City Council request email] www.tauranga.govt.nz