From:
Callum Booth
To:
Lucy Casley; Maxine Joubert
Cc:
Petra Strydom; Grant Schmidt; Sharvari Abhyankar
Subject:
RE: Willow control 2026 - Te Henga Wetland - Sampling and Monitoring 25 February 2026
Date:
Friday, 27 February 2026 2:35:09 pm
Attachments:
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Hi Maxine,
I am also available
Ngā mihi | Kind regards
Callum Booth
Compliance Officer – Compliance l West
Compliance Response & Investigations / Te Urupare ā-Tautuku me ngā Whakatewhatewha
Licensing and Compliance department | Te wāhanga mō te Tuku Raihana me te Ū ki ngā
Ture
Community Directorate | Te kāhui o te tari ā-hapori
M: 0272024565
Auckland Council
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Useful Council contact numbers:
24 hr Pollution Hotline: 09 377 3107
Call Centre: 09 301 0101
From: Lucy Casley <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, 27 February 2026 1:45 pm
To: Maxine Joubert <[email address]>; Callum Booth
<[email address]>
Cc: Petra Strydom <[email address]>; Grant Schmidt
<[email address]>; Sharvari Abhyankar
<[email address]>
Subject: RE: Willow control 2026 - Te Henga Wetland - Sampling and Monitoring 25 February
2026
Hi Maxine,
Yes, I’m available
Ngā mihi | Kind regards,
Lucy Casley (she/her) | Environmental Monitoring NW2
Environmental Monitoring Unit | Te aroturuki i te ū ki ngā ture tiaki taiao
Licensing and Compliance department | Te wāhanga mō te Tuku Raihana me te Ū ki ngā Ture
Phone (09) 301 0101 | [mobile number]
Auckland Council, 6-8 Munroe Lane, Albany, Auckland,0630
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From: Maxine Joubert <[email address]>
Sent: Friday, 27 February 2026 1:01 pm
To: Callum Booth <[email address]>; Lucy Casley
<[email address]>
Cc: Petra Strydom <[email address]>; Grant Schmidt
<[email address]>; Sharvari Abhyankar
<[email address]>
Subject: RE: Willow control 2026 - Te Henga Wetland - Sampling and Monitoring 25 February
2026
Hi Lucy and Callum,
Appreciate the work you have put into this to date.
The next flagged spray day is set for Tuesday 3 March. Are you both available to undertake
monitoring again then if it goes ahead (weather dependent)?
This time round you should be able to see the spraying in action and meet the drone operators.
They will also have their own H&S advice for you re the spraying. I will find out more and let you
know as soon as possible.
Ngā mihi | Kind regards,
Maxine Joubert (she/her) | Principal Specialist Environmental Monitoring
Licensing and Compliance Department | Te wāhanga mō te Tuku Raihana me te Ū ki ngā Ture
Community Directorate | Te kāhui o te tari ā-hapori
Phone (09) 301 0101 | Mobile 027 206 2811
Auckland Council, Level 7, 135 Albert Street, Auckland Central
Visit our website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Important: There are changes coming to the RMA which will take effect on Thursday 04
September. For more information please see Resource Management (Infringement Offences)
Amendment Regulations 2025 (SL 2025/162) – New Zealand Legislation
Useful Council contact numbers:
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From: Maxine Joubert
Sent: Tuesday, 24 February 2026 4:12 pm
To: Callum Booth <[email address]>; Lucy Casley
<[email address]>
Cc: Petra Strydom <[email address]>; Grant Schmidt
<[email address]>; Sharvari Abhyankar
<[email address]>
Subject: RE: Willow control 2026 - Te Henga Wetland - Sampling and Monitoring 25 February
2026
Hi Lucy and Callum,
Details as follows for sampling and monitoring the Aerial Spraying of Glyphosate 25 February
2026 (tomorrow) at the Te Henga Wetland.
A
second round of sampling will need to be undertaken on Thursday 26 February 2026 for
post- sampling comparisons.
Equipment & PPE
Sampling pole & bucket & other equipment as usual
Sample bottles (100ml Watercare bottles) x 2 (extra in case along with some larger bottles
if needing to use the sampling pole to decanting.
PPE
Long longs (pants and shirt)
Eye protection (precautionary – there should be no spray drift)
P2.5 masks (precautionary – there should be no spray drift)
These were being brough through to the office this afternoon – Callum should
have these from Brett.
Itinerary
25 February 2026
Meet at Albany office
Head to
to take first sample for between
8 am and 8:30 am.
1 x sample (upstream)
Contact landowner
if need be but is expecting you.
Sample will be
Head to Te Henga Walkway Car Park and further down Bethells Road there should be
closer access to the Waitakere River (to take a downstream sample)
Unsure of access – it looks like a good location, but you may need to walk around a
bit to find the best spot.
1 x sample (downstream).
Spraying will start at 9am
See attached Map – area 1 on the map will be sprayed tomorrow.
Head along Bethells Road to a good vantage point to view the spraying for 15 – 20
minutes.
Main idea is to have some presence for the community.
26 February 2026
Head to site at a convenient time (morning probably best)
Take samples at the same to locations (upstream and downstream)
2x samples
Regulations to Check Compliance against
See attached ‘Regulations’
You only need to check the yellow highlighted rules / regulations (not very much and some
may not be possible tomorrow).
As discussed, there are some disgruntled community members, so if you feel unsafe at any time
please leave the site.
Let me know if you have any questions. I will have my phone on me tomorrow so feel free to reach
out if you have any queries.
Ngā mihi | Kind regards,
Maxine Joubert (she/her) | Principal Specialist Environmental Monitoring
Licensing and Compliance Department | Te wāhanga mō te Tuku Raihana me te Ū ki ngā Ture
Community Directorate | Te kāhui o te tari ā-hapori
Phone (09) 301 0101 | Mobile 027 206 2811
Auckland Council, Level 7, 135 Albert Street, Auckland Central
Visit our website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Important: There are changes coming to the RMA which will take effect on Thursday 04
September. For more information please see Resource Management (Infringement Offences)
Amendment Regulations 2025 (SL 2025/162) – New Zealand Legislation
Useful Council contact numbers:
24hr POLLUTION HOTLINE: 09 377 3107
COUNCIL CALL CENTRE: 09 301 0101
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From: James Watson <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, 24 February 2026 8:26 am
To: Maxine Joubert <[email address]>; Petra Strydom
<[email address]>
Cc: Grant Schmidt <[email address]>; Laura Scaife
<[email address]>
Subject: RE: Willow control 2026 - Te Henga Wetland
Hi Maxine
Callum Booth will be attending to assist the EMO.
Can you advise who is going and the timings involved.
Regards.
James Watson
Senior Compliance officer l West
Licensing and Compliance department
Community Directorate
M: 027 3351986
Auckland Council
Visit our website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Useful Council contact numbers:
24 hr Pollution Hotline: 09 377 3107
Call Centre: 09 301 0101
From: Maxine Joubert <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, 23 February 2026 3:42 pm
To: James Watson <[email address]>; Petra Strydom
<[email address]>
Cc: Grant Schmidt <[email address]>; Laura Scaife
<[email address]>
Subject: RE: Willow control 2026 - Te Henga Wetland
Thanks James for clarifying – and I hope you recover quickly.
At this stage all items to monitor are permitted. I will send more details tomorrow.
The site will be granted a Mat Pan (under section 87(b)(b)) issued today.
We will also be taking water samples and testing for glyphosate (Watercare labs). This has been
approved by Rob. We will need to take samples before and after the spraying to get a baseline
and post spraying levels (upstream, at spraying location, and downstream) – so 6 samples in
total. Watercare have confirmed they need 100ml samples in plastic bottles.
A kayak may be required for sampling in the wetland at the spraying location. I will confirm after
speaking to Matuku Trust.
I suggest PPE of a P2.5 mask (while they are spraying), eye protection, and long longs.
Ngā mihi | Kind regards,
Maxine Joubert (she/her) | Principal Specialist Environmental Monitoring
Licensing and Compliance Department | Te wāhanga mō te Tuku Raihana me te Ū ki ngā Ture
Community Directorate | Te kāhui o te tari ā-hapori
Phone (09) 301 0101 | Mobile 027 206 2811
Auckland Council, Level 7, 135 Albert Street, Auckland Central
Visit our website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Important: There are changes coming to the RMA which will take effect on Thursday 04
September. For more information please see Resource Management (Infringement Offences)
Amendment Regulations 2025 (SL 2025/162) – New Zealand Legislation
Useful Council contact numbers:
24hr POLLUTION HOTLINE: 09 377 3107
COUNCIL CALL CENTRE: 09 301 0101
We value flexible working at Auckland Council. If you receive this email outside of your regular hours of work,
please don’t feel compelled to respond at this time.
P
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From: James Watson <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, 23 February 2026 1:59 pm
To: Maxine Joubert <[email address]>; Petra Strydom
<[email address]>
Cc: Grant Schmidt <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Willow control 2026 - Te Henga Wetland
Hi Maxine
I will not be able to attend due to an injury ( I am in a moon boot). I can potentially get another
compliance officer to attend.
It was my understanding that a compliance officer was to assist the regional environment al
officer. This is what I was advised.
I was also advised that the principal specialist of pollution was to provide some sort of checklist.
To date I do not have any copy of what their permit/resource consent conditions are so the CO
will be unaware of what to actually monitor.
If you could advise on what to monitor and which EMO will be attending, I will pass this onto who
ever Grant suggests should also attend.
Regards
James Watson
Senior Compliance officer l West
Licensing and Compliance department
Community Directorate
M: 027 3351986
Auckland Council
Visit our website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Useful Council contact numbers:
24 hr Pollution Hotline: 09 377 3107
Call Centre: 09 301 0101
From: Maxine Joubert <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, 23 February 2026 1:24 pm
To: James Watson <[email address]>; Petra Strydom
<[email address]>
Subject: FW: Willow control 2026 - Te Henga Wetland
Hi James,
See below for the proposed spraying dates for Te Henga Wetland.
The forecast for coming Wednesday 25th of February is looking favourable to do the
willow control drone spraying. They will work on the willows on the Mokoroa arm
(northern part) of the wetland.
The rest of the week the weather forecast is with either too much rain or too much
wind to do any work. The next day which currently looks like a possibility is Tuesday
3rd of March. We will let you know closer to the time.
Do you have sufficient PPE to monitor this activity? Ideally you would have coveralls, mask,
goggles (just in case of spray drift).
I am also thinking one of our team should attend site with you due to vexatious community
members, but also so all bases are covered and there are two of you on site for H&S purposes.
Ngā mihi | Kind regards,
Maxine Joubert (she/her) | Principal Specialist Environmental Monitoring
Licensing and Compliance Department | Te wāhanga mō te Tuku Raihana me te Ū ki ngā Ture
Community Directorate | Te kāhui o te tari ā-hapori
Phone (09) 301 0101 | Mobile 027 206 2811
Auckland Council, Level 7, 135 Albert Street, Auckland Central
Visit our website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
Important: There are changes coming to the RMA which will take effect on Thursday 04
September. For more information please see Resource Management (Infringement Offences)
Amendment Regulations 2025 (SL 2025/162) – New Zealand Legislation
Useful Council contact numbers:
24hr POLLUTION HOTLINE: 09 377 3107
COUNCIL CALL CENTRE: 09 301 0101
We value flexible working at Auckland Council. If you receive this email outside of your regular hours of work,
please don’t feel compelled to respond at this time.
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From: Robert Laulala <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, 23 February 2026 1:09 pm
To: Maxine Joubert <[email address]>
Subject: FW: Willow control 2026
FYI on the spraying program ahead.
The spraying spans across multiple properties so any staff attending will just need to inform the
property owners.
Any questions let me know
Rob
Robert Laulala |
Manager Environmental Monitoring
Licensing & Compliance
Phone: 027 480 9248
From: Annalily van den Broeke <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, 23 February 2026 12:30 pm
To: Annalily van den Broeke <[email address]>
Subject: Willow control 2026
Tēnā koutou katoa
Hello all
Following up on last week's email:
The forecast for coming Wednesday 25th of February is looking favourable to do the
willow control drone spraying. They will work on the willows on the Mokoroa arm
(northern part) of the wetland.
The rest of the week the weather forecast is with either too much rain or too much
wind to do any work. The next day which currently looks like a possibility is Tuesday
3rd of March. We will let you know closer to the time.
Ngā mihi nui,
Annalily van den Broeke
Project Manager Matuku Link
022-6922016
www.matukulink.org.nz
[email address]
www.facebook.com/matukulink
Instagram: #matukulink
From: Annalily van den Broeke <[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 3:36 PM
To: Annalily van den Broeke <[email address]>
Subject: Willow control 2026
Tēnā koutou katoa
Hello all
The survey over the wetland identified that last year's willow control has been very
successful. The remaining 20% of crack willows will be dealt with in the next couple of
weeks, as the summer has been wet and windy up till now. This will require approximately
5 days of spraying, with the first possible spray day Wednesday 25th of February - of course
work will only proceed if all weather conditions are favourable. Signs have been erected
today as requested by the community. The Boffa Miskell monitoring report done after the
2025 willow control can be downloaded from the website as well.
For those of you new to this email list:
We promised to keep you informed about the spray part of our willow control project aimed
at increasing habitat for native species, including the matuku-hūrepo (bittern), the puweto
(spotless crake), pateke (brown teal) and many others. Since 16th January 2025 there have
been 10 days of drone spraying of the largest clusters of willows on private land, on days
when the weather was favourable, with products approved by the EPA (Environmental
Protection Authority) and Auckland Council and done by David Hall from Phylogeny who
has all the appropriate certifications to do this work.
Water samples have been taken and results are on our website (less than 0.0010 mg/litre
which is the same as before the spraying).
We've sent this information to those who requested updates via email. If you'd like to be
added to our mailing list, please contact us at [email address]. More information
can also be found on our website: www.matukulink.org.nz/pest-plant-control, contact us if
you have other questions.
Ngā mihi nui,
Annalily van den Broeke
Project Manager Matuku Link
022-6922016
www.matukulink.org.nz
[email address]
www.facebook.com/matukulink
Instagram: #matukulink
