The Northland Regional Council’s Regional Pest Management Strategies (RPMS) are currently under review. The review has been undertaken in three parts dealing with marine pests, plant pests and animal pests. Discussion documents were released for each topic and were used to develop Proposed Marine, Plant and Animal Pest Management Strategies.
The Proposed Marine, Plant and Animal Pest Management Strategies were publicly notified late 2009. Submissions across all three proposed strategies have now closed. A summary of the submissions received is available by clicking on the link below, or by contacting the Northland Regional Council on freephone 0800 002 004. The full text of submissions is also available on request.
A hearing to consider the submissions on the three proposed strategies will be held in Whangarei on Thursday, 18 February. The hearing will be held at the Northland Regional Council’s Whangarei offices, 36 Water Steet, from 10am. While the hearing is open to the public, only those submitters who indicated they wish to be heard have a right to speak at the hearing.
Following the hearing, the three-member Hearings Committee will make decisions on the submissions. The decisions of the Committee, the reasons for the decisions and the decisions version of the marine, plant and animal pest management strategies will then be publicly notified.
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