West Coast District Health Board
Te Poari Hauora a Rohe o Tai Poutini
Corporate Office
Telephone 03 768 0499
High Street, Greymouth
Fax 03 768 2791
10 June 2020
Wendy Pond
Email: [FYI request #12602 email]
Dear Wendy
RE Official information request WCDHB 9426
We refer to your email dated 25 April 2020 which the Ministry of Health subsequently partially transferred to
West Coast DHB on 12 May 2020 requesting the following information under the Official Information Act.
Specifically questions 1 and 2:
1. Please provide a copy of the permission granted by Greymouth MOH for the 2014 Kaiata Range aerial
1080 operation conducted by Tb-Free NZ. The File Reference number is 4/767/GRYPH/CB.
A copy of this permission is attached as
Appendix 1.
1. Please provide a copy of the audit of this operation.
A copy of the field audit notes and photographs taken by the field auditors are attached as
Appendix 2.
Please note we have redacted information pursuant to section 9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act
“… to
protect the privacy of individuals”.
You may, under section 28(3) of the Official Information Act, seek a review of our decision to withhold
information by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz; or Freephone 0800 802 602.
I trust that this satisfies your interest in this matter.
Please note that this response, or an edited version of this response, may be published on the West Coast DHB
website after your receipt of this response.
Yours sincerely
Carolyn Gullery
Executive Director
Planning, Funding & Decision Support