Dear Bridget

On behalf of the Director-General of the Department of Conservation, I confirm receipt of your request below.
Your request has been forwarded to the relevant business group for processing. You will receive a reply in accordance with the requirements of the Official Information Act 1982.

Yours sincerely

Alan Moran
for Director-General

Alan Moran 
Government Services Advisor (Government Services)
Policy and Visitors Group
Department of Conservation–Te Papa Atawhai
Phone:  0275665778
Conservation House (Level 2) 19-32 Manners Street [ PO Box 10420, Wellington 6143 ]
Conservation for prosperity Tiakina te taiao, kia puawai 
www.doc.govt.nz
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bridget Percy <[FOI #9064 email]>
Sent: Friday, 16 November 2018 5:02 p.m.
To: OIA <[DOC request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Kaka Numbers

Dear Department of Conservation,

Further to my previous OIA please answer the following questions regarding current kaka numbers at Pukaha.

The Pukaha website states that "In 1996 nine juvenile kākā were released into our forest – returning them to the area after a 50 year absence. We now have that population up to over 140 with the view to achieve a self-sustaining population of 600 birds in the wild".

Contrary to this claim I understand that there have been very few kaka coming to the 3pm kaka feed over the past few months and that one day last week only one kaka came to the 3pm feed.

1. How many monitored & unmonitored kaka do DOC estimate are currently living in the Pukaha Forest?
2. If there has been a decline from the 140 kaka indicated on the website what do you put this down to?
3. When do you expect the self-sustaining population of 600 birds in the wild to be achieved?

Yours faithfully,

Bridget Percy

-------------------------------------------------------------------

This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #9064 email]

Is [DOC request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to Department of Conservation? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA page.

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Caution - This message and accompanying data may contain information that is confidential or subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or data is prohibited. If you received this email in error, please notify us immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. We apologise for the inconvenience. Thank you.

hide quoted sections