Were Tangata Whenua Flown into a 1080'd area and shown silent Ngahere?
T. Benseman made this Official Information request to Department of Conservation
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From: T. Benseman
Dear Department of Conservation,
can you please provide a map of the area in the Waingakia and any other areas of the Raukumara that have been poisoned with 1080, (doc employee Graeme Atkins has stated publicly this was in the 1990s and covered 9000hecs.) Before sending the map please mark the campsite where the Tangata Whenua were recently flown into the Waingakia to show them the devastation you think was caused by possums and rats which you have not monitored. Please also outline on the same map the range of the wild cattle which were farmed in the Raukumara Conservation area for many decades and the names of the people or organisations who were farming these animals in the Ngahere.
Thank You,
T. Benseman
From: Government Services
Department of Conservation
Dear Tim
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 by 22 January 2019, in accordance with the requirements of the Official Information Act 1982.
Please note that the Ombudsman has set an OIA holiday from 25 December to 15 January. The 20 working days allowed for your response will be on hold over this period, and will continue again from 16 January.
Yours sincerely
Emma Wolff
for Director-General
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From: T. Benseman
Dear Government Services,
by law, the authority should normally have responded promptly and by January 22, 2019.
T. Benseman
From: Sharon Alexander
Department of Conservation
Good Afternoon Mr Bensemen
On behalf of the Director Operations Lower North Island, Reg Kemper,
please find attached the Department’s response to your request dated 03
December.
Yours sincerely
Sharon.
Sharon Alexander
PA for Reg Kemper, Director Operations, Lower North Island
Kaiâwhina - Kaihautu Matarautaki
Department of Conservation - Te Papa Atawhai
DDI: +64 6 350 6204 | M: + 64 27 722 5430 | 6954
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